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puggy en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌɡi/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From pug + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a pug dog.
   • a puggy nose
   • Mr Macgregor was a large, heavy man, rather past forty, with a kindly, puggy face, […] 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC; republished as chapter 2, in Burmese Days (ebook no. 0200051h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, November 2015:
2. (Australia, New-Zealand) sticky, claylike

Forms

Deriveds

pugginess

Synonyms

tenacious · claggy (sticky)

puggy en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌɡi/
• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of pagi (“Indian tracker”).
   alt of pagi

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