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trug

trug

(trŭg)

n. Chiefly British

A shallow, usually oval gardening basket made with wide strips of wood.

[Middle English, a shallow wooden tray, measure of corn, perhaps from Old Norse trog, trough; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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trug

(trʌɡ)

Brit a long shallow basket made of curved strips of wood and used for carrying flowers, fruit, etc

[C16: perhaps dialect variant of trough]

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Translations

canestro

trug

n → Korb m

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