Posted by pam on february 13 2005 to cut a rug is a term that became popular jargon in the 1920 s when young persons much as they do today developed their own jargon or slang for use in their own peer groups.
What does the statment cutting a rug mean.
Cutting a rug does indeed refer to dancing.
Definitions by the largest idiom dictionary.
Quick stepping dancers are said to cut a rug.
To dance really well and impress others.
A rug is a piece of thick material that you put on a floor.
Variation of cut a rug i e.
The basis for the phrase comes from wear created by over use of by dancing on an area of carpet.
Let s go cut a rug.
An author writing in vintage vernacular might describe her characters cutting a rug to transport the reader back to the era in which the book is supposed to be set.
What does cut a rug expression mean.
To dance enthusiastically a term that became popular jargon in the 1920s.
Cut a rug phrase.
Used in the blutones song cut some rug you say i can talk to you anytime though i just wanna cut some rug.
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It is like a carpet but.
Some of the mothers had a great time cutting a rug alongside their teenage daughters.
Rug definition a thick fabric for covering part of a floor often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Among small sectors of urban communities this slang term experienced a brief resurgence in the late 1990s.
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