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DRUGGET

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drug⋅get

  [druhg-it]
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–noun
1. Also called India drugget. a rug from India of coarse hair with cotton or jute.
2. a fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, used for clothing.
Origin:
1570–80; < MF droguet worthless stuff (textile), equiv. to drogue trash (cf. drug 1 ) + -et -et
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drug·get   (drŭg'ĭt)   
n.  

    1. A heavy felted fabric of wool or wool and cotton, used as a floor covering.

    2. A coarse rug of this fabric, made in India.

  2. A fabric woven wholly or partly of wool, formerly used for clothing.


[French droguet, probably from drogue, drug, worthless object; see drug.]
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