Dhurrie

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.

    "The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almeira; the red stains on the durry were thicker, for Mohammed Latif had slept here during his imprisonment and spat a good deal […]."

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"The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almeira; the red stains on the durry were thicker, for Mohammed Latif had slept here during his imprisonment and spat a good deal […]."

Etymology

From Hindi दरी (darī).

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