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rug

[ruhg]
–noun
1. a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design. Compare carpet.
2. the treated skin of an animal, used as a floor covering: a bear rug.
3. Chiefly British. a piece of thick, warm cloth, used as a coverlet, lap robe, etc.
4. Slang. toupee; hairpiece.
5. cut a rug, Older Slang. to dance, esp. to jitterbug.

Origin:
1545–55; < ON rǫgg wool, long hairs; cf. Norw rugga covering of coarse wool, Sw rugg coarse hair


ruglike, adjective
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