Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A shallow, usually oval gardening basket made with wide strips of wood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trollop; a trull.
- noun A hod for mortar.
- noun A measure of wheat, as much as was carried in a trough, three trugs making two bushels.
- noun A kind of wooden basket for carrying vegetables, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A trough, or tray.
- noun A hod for mortar.
- noun An old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.
- noun obsolete A concubine; a harlot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chiefly UK A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
- noun obsolete A
trough ortray . - noun obsolete A
hod formortar . - noun obsolete An old
measure ofwheat equal to two thirds of abushel . - noun obsolete A
concubine ; aharlot .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Drug dealers always believed, Border Guards of the USA got the nick not the trug runners. on June 10, 2009 at 9: 23 am picnic
Life, Death and Taxes. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Mr. BLECKMANN: "Als ich dich in meinem Lieb trug."
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Mr. BLECKMANN: "Als ich dich in meinem Lieb trug."
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And I'll ask you to pronounce it, but it's "Als ich in meinem Lieb trug."
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GROSS: So this is Theo Bleckmann from his latest CD, "Berlin: Songs of Love and War, Peace and Exile" (Soundbite of song, "Als ich dich in meinem Lieb trug") Mr. BLECKMANN: (Singing in German) GROSS: That's singer Theo Bleckmann, from his CD "Berlin," and the song we just heard was written by Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht.
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And I'll ask you to pronounce it, but it's "Als ich in meinem Lieb trug."
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The little bench, trug and watering can fit into my sneakers, safe and sound in the checked bag.
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Mr. BLECKMANN: "Als ich dich in meinem Lieb trug."
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GROSS: So this is Theo Bleckmann from his latest CD, "Berlin: Songs of Love and War, Peace and Exile" (Soundbite of song, "Als ich dich in meinem Lieb trug") Mr. BLECKMANN: (Singing in German) GROSS: That's singer Theo Bleckmann, from his CD "Berlin," and the song we just heard was written by Hanns Eisler and Bertolt Brecht.
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And I'll ask you to pronounce it, but it's "Als ich in meinem Lieb trug."
bilby commented on the word trug
"A dirty puzzle, an ordinary sorry woman."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 9, 2008