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carpet

/ˈkɑɹ.pət/ noun B1
  1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering. (countable, uncountable)
  2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
  3. Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae (countable, uncountable)
  4. A woman's pubic hair. (countable, slang, uncountable)

Plural carpets

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Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal of speaking first, for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag; the other she held out to him.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 14 · C1
It’s an extremely old carpet-bag.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 16 · C1
Then, holding tightly to the carpet-bag which contained “all her worldly goods,” she followed him into the house.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 29 · C1
Dropping her precious carpet-bag she sprang forward a step and clasped her hands.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 30 · C1

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