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Definition of Hearthrugs
1. hearthrug [n] - See also: hearthrug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hearthrugs
Literary usage of Hearthrugs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jacquard Weaving and Designing by T. F. Bell (1895)
"Of course such barbarous work as representing leopards or tigers prowling over
carpets or hearthrugs, or even decorating them with the more homely duck or ..."
2. Battery Flashes by Cecil W. Longley (1916)
"Talking of funny sights, we have at last had woolly coats issued, sheer hearthrugs
cut into large tunics, and they smell like ..."
3. Punchby Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"hearthrugs and patchwork quilts vied with one another; and multitudinous brass
bands made resonant the welkin with the air — " See, the Benefactor comes. ..."
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