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rug

noun as in carpet

noun as in hairpiece

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A sniff of a rotting old chair frightens Indy so much, he wets the rug.

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Explaining his decorating process, Piña says he likes to start with a statement piece such as an artwork, rug or piece of furniture and then build a story around it.

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"There's now a large rug with horses and some nature scenes hanging there, which police say looks like something else used to hang there."

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Little was Guehi to know that the rug would be pulled from under him, shortly after.

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He was due to sign his contract at Liverpool's offices in the capital only for Palace to pull the rug from under him.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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