rag rug
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noun
a rug, often multicolored, made of rags or strips of fabric woven or stitched together.
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Origin of rag rug
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for rag rug
The woman was lying on the floor by the bench where she sewed, her head pillowed on her rag-rug.
'Me-Smith'|Caroline Lockhart