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puggy
/ ˈpʌɡɪ /
adjective
- sticky, claylike
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Word History and Origins
Origin of puggy1
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Example Sentences
He called it "puggy," which is Scottish for monkey, because it jumped about so.
Puggy Phillips—hazarding his life by standing on the shiny, slightly curved top of his butcher's cart—made no appropriate answer.
A beautiful late cut that eluded third man and hit the fence with a resounding bang, nearly drove Puggy wild with delight.
"One to tie, two to win," breathed Puggy as the field changed over, and it was Trigson who had to face the bowling.
A ghost must be hard up, one would think, to visit my Puggy; there ought to be an asylum for impoverished spectres.
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