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Flying carpet   /flˈaɪɪŋ kˈɑrpət/   Listen
Flying carpet

noun
1.
(Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go.





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"Flying carpet" Quotes from Famous Books



... (suddenly cross) Of course you can!... I hate unnecessary questions.... The soul of sugar is no more interesting than the soul of pepper.... There, I give you all I have to help you in your search for the Blue Bird. I know that the flying carpet or the ring which makes its wearer invisible would be more useful to you.... But I have lost the key of the cupboard in which I locked them.... Oh, I was almost forgetting!... (Pointing to the diamond) When you hold it like ...
— The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts • Maurice Maeterlinck
... answered they, "our father died and left us three wonderful things: a flying carpet, seven-league boots, and an invisible cap. But we cannot divide ...
— Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore • Laure Claire Foucher
... amount of heavy baggage, as well as a boundless extent of crinoline? And if this equipage, gift of genii of our age, seem to lack some of the celerity and secrecy which attended the voyagers of the flying carpet, suppose we add the power of whispering to a friend a thousand miles off the inmost thoughts of the heart, the most desperate plans, the most dangerous secrets! Do not the two powers united leave the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 11, September, 1858 • Various


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