hearthrug
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hearthrug (plural hearthrugs)
- A rug placed in front of a fireplace, on the hearth.
- 1923, Elizabeth Bowen, “The Confidante”, in Encounters, page 53:
- Penelope rose from the hearthrug and threw herself on to the Chesterfield.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- "Just as I reached Amen, when the creature should have been slinking away abashed, the big bearskin hearthrug stood up on end and simply enveloped me."
Translations
[edit]rug in front of a fireplace
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