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hearthrug

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hearth·rug  (härthrg)
n.
A rug laid on a floor in front of a fireplace.
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Noun1.hearthrug - a rug spread out in front of a fireplace
carpet, carpeting, rug - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

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He would have clasped himself by the wrists in that constabulary manner of his, and have paced up and down the hearthrug, or gone creeping about among the rich objects of furniture, if his oppressive retainer had appeared in the room at that very moment.
In the mean time a stray personage of a meek demeanour, who had wandered to the hearthrug and got among the heads of tribes assembled there in conference with Mr Podsnap, eliminated Mr Podsnap's flush and flourish by a highly unpolite remark; no less than a reference to the circumstance that some half-dozen people had lately died in the streets, of starvation.
Durie posted on the hearthrug in the guise of Hymen's priest.
 
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