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dug

2[duhg]
–noun
the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.

Origin:
1520–30; orig. obscure; perh. < a Gmc base akin to Dan dægge, Norw degge, Sw dägga to suckle
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dug 1   (dŭg)   
n.  An udder, breast, or teat of a female animal.

[Origin unknown.]
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dug  (n.)
"animal nipple," or, contemptuously, "the human female breast," 1530, origin obscure, related to Swed. dagga, Dan. dægge "to suckle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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