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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1893
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KUG, v. To pull, jerk, tug (I.Sc. 1960). [kjʌg]Ork. 1893 W. R. Mackintosh Peat-fires 183:
The press-gang declined to carry him, and so they “kugged” and hauled time about at his foot, in order to get it set.
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