pug

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  1. noun A small sturdy dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
  2. noun A pug nose.
  3. noun Clay ground and kneaded with water into a plastic consistency for forming bricks or pottery.
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  • Except this is set in the future and Breen is a pug, a fighter who settles differences with his fists rather than hiring a slander-by-the hour firm. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 01 - July 2000
  • Bottom line: Mysterious stupid baby, Blair's going crazy, Chuck's the walking dead, Jack is evil, Jenny and Eric are becoming the kind of pug-owning couple that will soon give up dating entirely. —  Television Without Pity
  • First thing you know, the Wisner dog--pug nose it was, with its tail curled tight--it goes out on the road, acting like it owned the whole street, same as its folks does. —  The Man Next Door
  • He is armed with a bow and arrows, or a pug-gamagan, or war-club. —  The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
  • Can you see any pug, as you call it, of Boers No. —  A Dash from Diamond City
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  1. Origin unknown.
  2. Hindi pag, probably from Sanskrit padakam, footstep, foot, from padam; see ped- in Indo-European roots.
  3. Short for pugilist, boxer.

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  1. A variant of puck. Cf. bug. As applied to a monkey, fox, or little dog, it means ‘a little imp’: so called in allusion to its pert, ugly face.
  2. Abbr. of pug-nose.
  3. A variant of poke.
  4. See pug, v.
  5. Middle English pugge; origin obscure.
  6. Hind, pag, foot.
 

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