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drugget

UK/ˈdɹʌɡɪt/

drugget noun: an inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing.

Noun

drugget (countable and uncountable, plural druggets)

  1. An inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing.
  2. 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.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 182
    • This carpet was a small square drugget in the centre of the room[…]1904 December, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain

Forms of drugget

pluraldruggets

Origin of drugget

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

Words formed from drugget

Questions about drugget

What does drugget mean?
Drugget means an inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing.
What part of speech is drugget?
Drugget is a noun.
How do you pronounce drugget?
Drugget is pronounced /ˈdɹʌɡɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of drugget?
The plural of drugget is druggets.

Words near drugget in the dictionary

  1. druggerman
  2. druggermans
  3. druggermen
  4. druggers
  5. druggery
  6. drugget
  7. druggeting
  8. druggetings
  9. druggets
  10. druggetting
  11. druggie

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