Oriental rug
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Oriental rug
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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In photos, he hops around freely on a blue Oriental rug one day, a smooth painted-wood porch the next.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2018
“Be on time,” says Mirren, sitting on the world’s largest Oriental rug, in her 27th and final episode.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2018
"They impose patterns from things we have seen before on to our visual input, making us see faces in the clouds or intricate Oriental rug patterns on fields of grass."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2015
Capitol was still Harry Reid’s in September when he eagerly scooched his leather chair across the Oriental rug to gaze at something that, he was told, would change transportation forever.
From Forbes ● Feb. 11, 2015
"They say nobody's up there, just the corpse of old man Westing rotting away on an Oriental rug," Sandy reported as he hoisted a full briefcase from the trunk of the car.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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