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
At last, to his unspeakable joy, he discovered it under a piece of tattered drugget.
From The Brass Bottle by F. Anstey
They went up the low, broad staircase Mildred remembered so well, with its carved balustrades and pretty red and white drugget, and the great blue China jars in the window recesses.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
The little stretch of drugget looked mean and bare.
From A Monk of Cruta by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
The centre of the room was clear of furniture, and upon the carpet in that clear space was laid a purple drugget; and on the drugget opposite to one another stood two strong wooden crutches.
From The Truants by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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