Turkey carpet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
He is standing once again on the old Turkey carpet.
From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda
“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
On one side of the lake a broad pathway of dark-green grass, yielding like a rich Turkey carpet to the tread, extends from one end of the lake to the other.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
The drapery which covered the wall near his bed was a fragment of Turkey carpet, torn and patched, but still in strong contrast with the coarse bed-coverings.
From Iermola by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
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