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hearthrug

noun

Etymology

From hearth + rug.

  1. derived from *rawwō✻
  2. derived from rǫgg — “shagginess, tuft”
  3. inherited from *rugge✻
  4. compounded as hearthrug — “hearth + rug”

Definitions

  1. A rug placed in front of a fireplace, on the hearth.

    • Penelope rose from the hearthrug and threw herself on to the Chesterfield.
    • "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."

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