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tragic carpet

tragic carpet noun: the green cloth that was spread on the stage in seventeenth century plays for the actors to "die" on so they would not dirty their clothes.

Noun

tragic carpet (plural tragic carpet)

  1. The green cloth that was spread on the stage in seventeenth century plays for the actors to "die" on so they would not dirty their clothes.

Forms of tragic carpet

pluraltragic carpet

Questions about tragic carpet

What does tragic carpet mean?
Tragic carpet means the green cloth that was spread on the stage in seventeenth century plays for the actors to "die" on so they would not dirty their clothes.
What part of speech is tragic carpet?
Tragic carpet is a noun.
What is the plural of tragic carpet?
The plural of tragic carpet is tragic carpet.

Words near tragic carpet in the dictionary

  1. traghetti
  2. traghetto
  3. traghettos
  4. tragi
  5. tragic
  6. tragic carpet
  7. tragic flaw
  8. tragic flaws
  9. tragic hero
  10. tragic heroes
  11. tragic heroine

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