Meaning of Rug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. short form of Rugbeian
   slang
2. A partial covering for a floor.
3. A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.
   Australia, UK
4. A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.
   archaic, historical
5. A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze.
   archaic, historical
6. A person wearing a rug.
   obsolete, rare
7. A cloth covering for a horse.
8. A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops.
   obsolete, rare
9. The female pubic hair.
   slang
10. A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
11. A wig; a hairpiece.
    slang
12. A dense growth of chest hair.
    colloquial
13. Ellipsis of rughead.
    US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, ethnic, slang, slur

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Examples

“They then cut⟳ down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.”

“Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number⟳ of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug.”

“1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181, My own⟳ son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put⟳ to bed he would always demand⟳ his “bunny rug to suck⟳ his finger with.″”

“1958, Arthur Hailey, John Castle. Runway Zero-Eight. Bantham Books She tucked in a rug round the woman. “How’s that?” The woman nodded gratefully.”

“He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay⟳ down by the fire.”

“They spin⟳ the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.”

“The intervening years have⟳ been kind to Edward Fox and John Wells, who now assume⟳ the principal roles, in allowing them to keep⟳ their full complement of hair. Mr Fox shows his gratitude by using his rug as a prop, flopping it forward⟳, Welsh-combing it back, letting it stand⟳ up on end⟳ as if from shock⟳, while Mr Wells is content mostly to let⟳ his limply swathe his forehead.”

“We're the motherfuckers be fightin' when the rugs [black prisoners] start⟳ wasting people around here.”

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