drugget

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drugget

  • /ˈdɹʌɡɪt/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌɡɪt

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From French droguet, from drogue (“cheap”), of uncertain origin.

noun druggets

  1. countable, uncountable An inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing.
  2. countable, uncountable A floor covering made of drugget. There was the handsome carpet, new on the occasion of Mr. Gooch's marriage, but it was carefully covered with a drab drugget; the curtains were of a pretty pink damask, but they were enveloped in brown holland bags, by which same material the chairs and sofas were covered.

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@misc{drugget_2026,
  title = {drugget},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drugget},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}