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Turkey carpet

British  

noun

  1. a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in stained glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

And there was a Turkey carpet of great richness.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The boy entered a handsomely-furnished room, in the middle of whose Turkey carpet was a large, well-drawered writing-table, covered with papers tied up in red and green tape.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

“This splendid Turkey carpet, fit for any nobleman’s mansion, now stands at nineteen pounds,” cried the man in the rostrum.

From Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season by Fenn, George Manville

It is not what one would call a good-looking cellar; no priceless prints adorn the walls, no Turkey carpet receives your jaded feet.

From Men, Women and Guns by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

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