pug
/pʌɡ/ noun B2- A pug dog, a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail.
- A pug moth, often with a descriptive word: any geometrid moth of the tribe Eupitheciini, especially the genus Eupithecia; a geometer moth.
- In full pug hood: a hood, sometimes with a short cloak attached, worn by women around the middle of the 18th century.
- In full pug engine: a small locomotive chiefly used for shunting (“moving trains from one track to another, or carriages from one train to another”).
- A bun or knot of hair; also, a piece of cloth or snood for holding this in place.
Plural pugs
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“Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man’s nose from a Roman to a pug.”
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