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plugugly

plugugly is the alternative form of plug-ugly.

Meaning of plug-ugly

Noun

plug-ugly (plural plug-uglies)

  1. (slang) A violent thug; a goon.
    • The article was a highly-coloured and exaggerated account of the adventure of Roy Perkins, 'our experienced war correspondent' and it contained such purple passages as 'this hirsute bully of Enmore Gardens,' 'a compound guarded by barbed wire, plug-uglies, and bloodhounds,' and finally, 'I was...1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
  2. (slang) An ugly person.
    • Thus passed the last of the North Wales Narrow Gauge locomotives, and one of the few American-built locomotives to survive in Great Britain; the sadly cropped though once elegant Russell, and the unembellished yet useful Yankee plug-ugly.1941 October, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 435
  3. (US, historical) A member of an American nativist street gang that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865.

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Forms of plugugly

pluralpluguglies

Questions about plugugly

What is plugugly the alternative form of?
Plugugly is the alternative form of plug-ugly.

Words near plugugly in the dictionary

  1. plugs in
  2. plugs into
  3. plugs out
  4. plugs up
  5. pluguglies
  6. plugugly
  7. plugworthy
  8. pluh
  9. plum
  10. plum aralia
  11. plum bird

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