Turkish rug
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Turkish rug
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Grant leaves and, alone in his enormous apartment, Moby takes off his shoes and, his feet bare on a Turkish rug, plays a Gymnopédie by Erik Satie on a $20,000 Swiss piano.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2019
There's also some filthy-minded contemporary art: Igor Eskinja has made a Turkish rug from dust, suitable quarry perhaps for Susan Collis's jewelled broom.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2011
He saw towns, villages, networks of trenches, columns of toy troops moving up ribbons of road—all in the patterns of a Turkish rug.
From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman
"No," replied the clerk carelessly, as he flecked the ashes from his cigar on to the fine Turkish rug.
From Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst by Broadhurst, George Howells
Leimann lowered his eyes, looked fixedly at the pattern of the Turkish rug, and rubbed reflectively his unshaven chin.
From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Bilse, Fritz Oswald
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