trug

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The village is remarkable for a local industry--the making of "trug" baskets for the carriage of fruit CHAPTER III SEAFORD TO BRIGHTON The direct route to Brighton for pedestrians is by a footpath which leaves Lewes at the west end of Southover Street; this leads to the summit of Newmarket Hill and thence to the Racecourse and Kemp Town.

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  1. noun Chiefly British A shallow, usually oval gardening basket made with wide strips of wood.

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  • Jonathan was at the front of the house cutting some roses and laying them in the trug which Deborah was holding when the visitor arrived. —  Lovers, Make Moan - Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 60
  • Als ich heute morgen bei "Lelutka" war, um dort die neuen Frisuren anzuschauen, trug ich dieses Kleid von "Redgrave". —  Fashion World of SL
  • I seemed to have brought most of the snow indoors, stuck onto the bottom of our pink trug. —  Posy
  • Here's the Oxford English Dictionary definition: trug | trYg | (also trug basket) noun Brit. —  Daily DIY
  • The village is remarkable for a local industry--the making of "trug" baskets for the carriage of fruit CHAPTER III SEAFORD TO BRIGHTON The direct route to Brighton for pedestrians is by a footpath which leaves Lewes at the west end of Southover Street; this leads to the summit of Newmarket Hill and thence to the Racecourse and Kemp Town. —  Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
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  1. 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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  1. apparently a variant of trogue, ult. of trough.
  2. Origin obscure.
 

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