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  1. noun A large, often rounded vessel of earthenware, glass, or metal with a small mouth, a handle, and usually a stopper or cap.
  2. noun The amount that a jug can hold.
  3. noun A small pitcher.
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  • The wife appeared to know what was wanting; for she forthwith produced the whiskey-jug, and poured out a large dose of the raw spirit. —  The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive
  • Set into the base of the jug was a push-button spigot that emptied into the upturned lid of a jar. —  AnalogSFF,November2007
  • I had heard that whisky made one feel good and strong and as my jug was heavy, took what I called “a good horn;” I thought, however, it did not taste very pleasant. —  The Bark Covered House
  • The guy spewed out this whole spiffy line about his little bottle of miracle cleaner and silicone sealer, so concentrated and so damn good that he thought $19.95 for a jug was a bargain. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 06 - December 2001
  • John Smith's Smooth Bitters was the first drink out of the jug, which is a drink that my manager drinks. —  GeoffShackelford.com
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pitcher ·  flask ·  jar ·  bottle ·  keg ·  bowl ·  cans ·  goblet ·  vase ·  pail ·  tumbler ·  beaker

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jug:   jugs
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Etymologies (7)

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  1. Middle English jugge.

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  1. In def. 1 (whence def. 2) of provincial origin, and prob. a particular use of Jug, a familiar form of Judith, a common name for a woman, Cf. jack and jil, as names of drinking-vessels, also from familiar personal names. In def. 3 also from the name Jug, perhaps with allusion also to jug in def. 1.
  2. from jug, n.
  3. Perhaps a variant of juke, jouk. Hardly from Icelandic hjūka, nurse, cherish.
  4. Imitative. Cf. juck.
  5. Early modern English also chuk: see jug, v.
  6. Hind, jag, a religious ceremony, the world, also jagat, from Sanskrit jagata, the world.
 

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