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saloogie

saloogie is the alternative form of salugi.

Meaning of salugi

Noun

salugi (uncountable)

  1. (New-York, US, informal) A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off.
    • They had seized the tan derby of one of their number; three others in sharp suits and silk waistcoats were tossing it around in a wild game of salugi.1956, Gerald Green, The Last Angry Man, page 193

Questions about saloogie

What is saloogie the alternative form of?
Saloogie is the alternative form of salugi.

Words near saloogie in the dictionary

  1. salonnière
  2. salonnières
  3. salons
  4. Salons des Refusés
  5. Salonta
  6. saloogie
  7. Saloomey
  8. saloon
  9. saloon keeper
  10. saloonatic
  11. saloonatics

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