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[fuhg]
–noun
stale air, esp. the humid, warm, ill-smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc.

Origin:
1885–90; of obscure orig.; cf. earlier Brit. slang fogo stench
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fug   (fŭg)   
n.  A heavy, stale atmosphere, especially the musty air of an overcrowded or poorly ventilated room: "In spite of the open windows the stench had become a reeking fug" (Colleen McCullough).

[Perhaps alteration of fogo, stench.]
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