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plugugly

American  
[pluhg-uhg-lee] / ˈplʌgˌʌg li /

noun

Informal.
pluguglies plural
  1. a ruffian; rowdy; tough.


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Etymology

Origin of plugugly

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; plug + ugly

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Higginbotham flew away in it, while that plugugly who damaged our airplane and whom Bob couldn’t locate worked the radio for him.”

From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Breckenridge, Gerald

The house wasn't a quarter full, and after he'd paid these two pluguglies their guarantees, which they insisted on having before they'd so much as go into the ring, he was just about cleaned out.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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