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sugans

sugans is the plural of sugan.

Meaning of sugan

Noun

sugan (plural sugans)

  1. (Ireland) A straw rope.
    • Lead him home with a sugan the way you’d lead a bleating goat.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
  2. (Canada, US) A blanket or bedroll used for camping out.
    • Rawlins was trying to get his soogan tied on behind the saddle.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 30

Questions about sugans

What is sugans the plural of?
Sugans is the plural of sugan.

Words near sugans in the dictionary

  1. Sugaharas
  2. sugammadex
  3. Sugamo
  4. sugan
  5. sugandhbala
  6. sugans
  7. sugar
  8. sugar acid
  9. sugar acids
  10. sugar alcohol
  11. sugar alcohols

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