rug rat


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rug rat

n
informal US and Canadian a child not yet walking
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Women were spending shocking amount of time coordinating and driving their children from one organised activity to another, the phenomenon dubbed as "the rug rat race" by the Rameys.
The third home, Jane's Rug Rat, was a further 50 lengths adrift in the four-runner race.
Amy befriends plucky cystic fibrosis-sufferer Maggie (Yasmin Murphy), who stands out from the indistinguishable rabble of rug rat patients with hardly any lines.
Of course, it doesn't help that I have an aversion to the average rug rat and use ``pamper'' as a verb rather than a no un .
Channel your inner rug rat and play with a variety of ethnic fabrics in bright colours for a well–travelled look in the home.
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