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trug

[truhg, troog]
–noun British.
1. a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
2. a shallow wooden milk pan.
3. a wooden tray for holding mortar.

Origin:
1570–80; orig. uncert.
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n.   Chiefly British
A shallow, usually oval gardening basket made with wide strips of wood.

[Middle English, a shallow wooden tray, measure of corn, perhaps from Old Norse trog, trough; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
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