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essuie-pieds — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doormat noun A mat placed at an entrance for wiping shoes before going inside.

Senses

essuie-pieds is used for these senses in English:

  • doormat A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.

doormat — full definition

  1. noun A mat placed at an entrance for wiping shoes before going inside.
  2. noun (informal) A person who lets others walk all over them, too passive to stand up for themselves.

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