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throw rug

NOUN
small rug
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This allows you to install a proper flashing under the door and gives you plenty of room for a thick throw rug or mat on the interior floor next to the door.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

The injury came while he was chasing his dog Major, grabbing his tail and then tripping on a throw rug.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2021

The attendant pointed to a creased throw rug on the floor.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2018

B. Thom Stevenson shows a hand-knotted throw rug sporting a fashionably black-and-white rendition of a Picasso weeping woman, her tears inseparable from the experience of being walked on.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2016

He’d spent the last fight as a freeze-dried throw rug.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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