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salugis

salugis is the plural 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 salugis

What is salugis the plural of?
Salugis is the plural of salugi.

Words near salugis in the dictionary

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

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