puggy
/ (ˈpʌɡɪ) /
NZ sticky, claylike
Origin of puggy
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How to use puggy in a sentence
He called it "puggy," which is Scottish for monkey, because it jumped about so.
Fifty Years of Golf | Horace G. Hutchinsonpuggy Phillips—hazarding his life by standing on the shiny, slightly curved top of his butcher's cart—made no appropriate answer.
The Wonder | J. D. BeresfordA beautiful late cut that eluded third man and hit the fence with a resounding bang, nearly drove puggy wild with delight.
The Wonder | J. D. Beresford"One to tie, two to win," breathed puggy as the field changed over, and it was Trigson who had to face the bowling.
The Wonder | J. D. BeresfordA ghost must be hard up, one would think, to visit my puggy; there ought to be an asylum for impoverished spectres.
Peggy | Laura E. Richards
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