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salugie

salugie 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 salugie

What is salugie the alternative form of?
Salugie is the alternative form of salugi.

Words near salugie in the dictionary

  1. salues
  2. salufer
  3. Salug
  4. saluggi
  5. salugi
  6. salugie
  7. salugis
  8. saluing
  9. Saluki
  10. Salukis
  11. Salumbar

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