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rug: see carpet carpet or rug, thick fabric, usually woolen (but often synthetic), commonly used today as a floor covering. Carpet Types and Modern Manufactures

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1. a floor covering, smaller than a carpet and made of thick wool or of other material, such as an animal skin
2. Chiefly Brit a blanket, esp one used as a wrap or lap robe for travellers


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RMT leader Bob Crow said: "RMT negotiators spent all afternoon and early evening at Acas putting together a deal which could have settled the dispute, only for London Underground to bring in lawyers at the last minute, who pulled the rug from under a workable agreement.
The Nevada political scrap heap is littered with the bodies of those who died from the fall after Harry Reid pulled the rug out from under them.
I can't believe the council have just pulled the rug from under me.
 
 
 
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