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rug

  [ruhg]
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–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.
—Idiom
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

Related forms:
ruglike, adjective
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rug

  1. n.
    a wig or toupee. (See also divot.) : I wear just a little rug to cover up a shiny spot.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rug 
1551, "coarse fabric," of Scand. origin, cf. Norw. dial. rugga "coarse coverlet," from O.N. rogg "shaggy tuft," probably related to rag and perhaps also rough. Sense evolved to "coverlet, wrap" (1591), then "mat for the floor" (1808). Meaning "toupee" is theater slang from 1940. Cut a rug "dance" is slang first attested 1942. To sweep (something) under the rug in the fig. sense is from 1961. Rug-rat "baby, child" is from 1968.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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