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raggedy jack
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in Newfoundland, a homemade pile rug CANADA- The loops were pulled up higher when they hooked [than a regular mat], perhaps to an inch in length. Then the tops of the loops were cut off. This mat was called a “raggedy jack,” a “rag-a-jack,” and “raggedy mat.” — Gerald Pocius, Textile Traditions of Eastern Newfoundland, p. 54, 1979
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