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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

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

From Seattle Times

It’s shaped to make Fido or Fida feel snug as a bug in a rug, by imitating the secure feeling dogs get when they burrow into dirt, or your dirty laundry pile.

From The Verge

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

From Project Gutenberg

I’ll tuck you all up ‘snug as a bug in a rug,’” urged Jean.

From Project Gutenberg

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