Bokhara
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Chambers testified that he gave Hiss and three other agents Bokhara rugs in January 1937 as gestures of appreciation for their undercover work.
From Time Magazine Archive
At one point, four "high sources" in Washington were so productive, Chambers said, that Moscow sent them rich Bokhara rugs in appreciation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The episode, said the newspaper, reminded one of "the lover who promised the whole of Samarkand and Bokhara for a mole on the cheek of his beloved."
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Patterned after Bokhara, Indian and Persian rugs--and decorated with fringe--MouseRugs are made of nylon fibers that feel cozy and help keep dirt from gunking up the mouse ball.
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The caravan was searched by the emissaries of the King of Bokhara, but the Amir had coloured his white beard with ink, and thus avoided detection.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
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