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Grammar : Verb
Spell : luhg
Phonetic Transcription : lʌg

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Définition of lug

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to move (something) heavily or slowly," from Scandinavian (cf. Swedish lugga, Norwegian lugge "to pull by the hair"); see lug (n.). Related: Lugged; lugging.
  • verb drag something around
Example sentences :
  • Really, for an old man, you must have had a heavy job to lug it along.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I'll fetch those clams ashore if I have to lug 'em with my teeth.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • That's Grey Graham, setting folk by the lug with his blusteration.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • "Gi'e him a slab ower the lug," shouted the miller from the road.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • You're not going to be so foolish as to lug that baby along?
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • "Then they will soon be here, lug and luggage," predicted Leila with a groan.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore » by Pauline Lester
  • Now creep a little eastwards, to that other stone—the Cat's Lug, they call it.
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • As he said afterwards, 'I could not lug a racehorse to the penitent form.'
  • Extract from : « Real Ghost Stories » by William T. Stead
  • But already the girl was pressing the lug wrench into his hands.
  • Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • Why didn't you tell me that it wasn't my work to lug the cloth down?
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Frank A. Munsey

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