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snug as a bug in a rug

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  1. Very cozy and comfortable, as in During the blizzard we had plenty of firewood and stayed in the cottage, snug as a bug in a rug. This expression, thought to allude to a moth larva happily feeding inside a rolled-up carpet, was first recorded in 1769 and probably owes its long life to the rhyme.


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Yes, I may look like a nut inside my home, but I’m as snug as a bug in a rug.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

As the saying goes, keep them snug as a bug in a rug.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

Oh, he's goin' along with the crowd," said Hiram; "he's got a seat in between Miss Putnam and Miss Mason, and looks as snug as a bug in a rug.

From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Charles Felton Pidgin

Now, Jack, old fellow, what's to prevent us from sleeping as snug as a bug in a rug!

From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Edward Sylvester Ellis

“We’ll be as snug as a bug in a rug in here, won’t we?”

From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Edward Stratemeyer

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