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Search phrase: carpet

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
PericlesPer IV.i.16Shall as a carpet hang upon thy graveshall as a Carpet hang vpon thy graue,
Richard IIR2 III.iii.50Upon the grassy carpet of this plain.Vpon the Grassie Carpet of this Plaine:
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.231on carpet consideration – but he is a devil in privateon carpet consideration, but he is a diuell in priuate

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Glossary

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carpettapestry, piece of embroidered fabric
carpetfor exploits ‘on the carpet’ [relating to the court, appropriate to a drawing room] not ‘in the field’
carpet-mongerfrequenter of [carpeted] boudoirs, ladies' man

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CARPETBASICcarpet adj, carpet n
CARPETPEOPLEcarpet-monger n

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