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trugs

trugs is the plural of trug.

Meaning of trug

Noun

trug (plural trugs)

  1. (UK) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
  2. (obsolete) A trough or tray.
  3. (obsolete) A hod for mortar.
  4. (obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
    • the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to […]many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down1630, John Taylor, “The World Runs on Wheels”, in All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet

Questions about trugs

What is trugs the plural of?
Trugs is the plural of trug.

Words near trugs in the dictionary

  1. trugging-houses
  2. truggs
  3. truggy
  4. Trughanacmy
  5. Trugrede
  6. trugs
  7. Truim
  8. truing
  9. truing up
  10. truings
  11. truish

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