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juggs

juggs is the plural of jugg.

juggs is the alternative form of jougs.

Meaning of jougs

Noun

jougs (plural jougs)

  1. (Scotland, especially, historical) A chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn.
    • Fornication and adultery were crimes punishable in case of confession in various ways […] standing in the jougs at the door of the kirk barefoot and in sackcloth […]
    • Blasphemy, swearing, drunkenness, " flyting and scolding," slander, " the abuse of husbands by their wives," and other suchlike offences were punishable with exposure to public scorn in the " jougs," […] The "jougs" (from jugum, a yoke) consisted of an iron collar in two halves fastened by a clasp...1898, William Baird, Annals of Duddingston and Portobello, pages 193–194
    Synonyms:
    joug

Questions about juggs

What is juggs the plural of?
Juggs is the plural of jugg.

Words near juggs in the dictionary

  1. juggling
  2. juggling act
  3. juggling acts
  4. jugglingly
  5. jugglings
  6. juggs
  7. Juggurnaut
  8. juggy
  9. jughandle
  10. jughandles
  11. Jughashvili

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