Carpet beater

Used to beat the dust out of rugs. They were used before the days of permanently-fixed wall-to-wall carpeting, when rugs could be taken outside, hung over a clothesline or fence, and have the dirt beaten out of them.

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Noun

carpet beater - implement for beating dust out of carpets

rug beater

beater - an implement for beating

handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"

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Teppichklopfer

battipanni

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