rug beater

Related to rug beater: carpet beater

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Noun

rug beater - implement for beating dust out of carpets

beater - an implement for beating

handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"

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It'll be easier than using a rug beater to shell it!

Shrew on a barb and a miniature groundhog thresher

It was enough just to spend a night in a TV-less, wire-less place whose walls are full of stories - I'll save the ghost one for Halloween - and decorated with antique rug beaters, hay knives and stud muzzlers.

A home (far) away from home

She realizes, however, that scratchcooking went out of style with ice-houses and rug beaters. Ever resourceful, she offers several quick fixes.