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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
trug
 
PRONUNCIATION:  trg
NOUN: Chiefly British A shallow, usually oval gardening basket made with wide strips of wood.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, a shallow wooden tray, measure of corn, perhaps from Old Norse trog, trough. See deru- in Appendix I.
 
 
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