drugget
Americannoun
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Also called India drugget. a rug from India of coarse hair with cotton or jute.
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a fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, used for clothing.
noun
Etymology
Origin of drugget
1570–80; < Middle French droguet worthless stuff (textile), equivalent to drogue trash ( cf. drug 1) + -et -et
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At length the pursued taxi, careering down a dark side street, drew up in front of the Del Fey Club; Thaw followed a drugget of light on the pavement; a door closed behind him.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rough sort of drugget had been hastily thrown down in the centre of the passage, and their movements roused no more strange echoes between the bare walls and the vaulted roof.
From A Monk of Cruta by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Just then a stream of water descended through the cracked bedroom ceiling, first upon the back of ’Phemie’s neck, and then upon the drugget which covered the floor.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
As soon as they were gone, Ada and I came into it, and performed a waltz on the drugget, which was pronounced stretched to perfection.
From A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The lawn and the standard roses were formal enough, but there were acacia trees on the left, and, under them, grouped artistically, an Indian drugget, a tea table, and long basket chairs.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
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