polish carpet

polish carpet
noun or polish rug
Usage: usually capitalized P
Etymology: polish (III)
1. : a Persian rug of the late 16th to 18th centuries having a silk pile and usually interwoven gold and silver threads
2. : a tapestry-woven rug in which some metal thread is used

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