scatter rug

noun

Examples of scatter rug in a Sentence

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Mario DelMonaco, now 90, was sitting in the Garden balcony the night that DeMarco, fighting in his 52d pro bout, beat Saxton the way a kitchen broom beats a scatter rug hanging from a clothesline. BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of scatter rug was in 1926

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“Scatter rug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scatter%20rug. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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