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rug

[ruhg] / rʌg /




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There was a small potato cellar beneath the kitchen floor: they enlarged the trapdoor letting into it, put a large rug on top of it, and moved the kitchen table to stand on this spot.

From Literature

Four or five paragraphs were devoted to detailing the theater design—Oriental deities, minarets, hanging rugs, burning incense.

From Literature

The rug is caked through with crumbs, there are water stains on the bureau, there are smudges on the windowpanes.

From Literature

She pulls a few books off the shelves and hands them to Teddy, and then she leads us to an alcove with a rainbow shag rug on the ground and plastic bins on shelves.

From Literature

Robe offset the pervasive green with a wool rug from Stark that provides warmth underfoot.

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