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trugg

/ˈtɹʌɡ/

trugg noun: an old English measure of corn, perhaps equal to ¹⁄₁₂ of a quarter.

Noun

trugg (plural truggs or trugg)

  1. An old English measure of corn, perhaps equal to ¹⁄₁₂ of a quarter.
    • The sum on one estate in the year 1371 is divided into 12 trugg; the double sum of 24 trugg being employed for measuring oats.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168

Forms of trugg

pluraltruggs
pluraltrugg

Questions about trugg

What does trugg mean?
Trugg means an old English measure of corn, perhaps equal to ¹⁄₁₂ of a quarter.
What part of speech is trugg?
Trugg is a noun.
How do you pronounce trugg?
Trugg is pronounced /ˈtɹʌɡ/.
What is the plural of trugg?
The plural of trugg is truggs.

Words near trugg in the dictionary

  1. truffly
  2. truffs
  3. trug
  4. Truganina
  5. Truganini
  6. trugg
  7. truggies
  8. trugging-house
  9. trugging-houses
  10. truggs
  11. truggy

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