dugs
dugs is the plural of dug.
Meaning of dug
Noun
dug (plural dugs)
- A mammary gland on a domestic mammal with more than two breasts, mostly used to refer to the nipples of non-ruminants and non-primates.
- Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head.
Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Synonyms:
- udder
- Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head.
- A woman's breast or nipple.
- Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape,
And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice.
He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame,
Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceitc. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape,
Questions about dugs
- What is dugs the plural of?
- Dugs is the plural of dug.
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