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noun
1.
a large container usually made of earthenware, metal, or glass, commonly having a handle, a narrow neck, and sometimes a cap or cork.
2.
the contents of such a container; jugful: a jug of wine.
3.
Slang. jail; prison.
4.
jugs, Slang: Vulgar. a woman's breasts.
verb (used with object)
5.
to put into a jug.
6.
to stew (meat) in an earthenware jug.
7.
Slang. to put in jail; imprison.
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Jugged
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1530–40; perhaps special use of Jug hypocoristic form of Joan, woman's name
1530–40; perhaps special use of Jug hypocoristic form of Joan, woman's name
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noun
1.
a sound made by a bird, especially a nightingale.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make such a sound.
Origin:
1515–25; imitative
1515–25; imitative
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Word Origin & History
jug
"deep vessel for carrying liquids," 1538, jugge, variant of jubbe, of unknown origin, perhaps from jug "a low woman, a maidservant" (mid-16c.), an alteration of a common personal name, Joan or Judith. Use as a musical instrument is attested from 1946. Jughead "klutz" is from 1926; jughandle "tight curved
EXPANDroad used for turns" is from 1961. Jugs for "woman's breasts" first recorded 1920 in Australian slang, short for milk jugs.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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