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   Lug

   /ləɡ/

   

   noun

   • 1. a projection on an object by which it may be carried or fixed in place: "mount the fitting directly to the lugs at each side of the box"
   • 2. an uncouth, aggressive man: informal North American "a hood who, despite his fancy clothes, remains a lug"
   • 3. a person's ear. informal Scottish

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting the ear flap of a hat): probably of Scandinavian origin: compare with Swedish lugg ‘forelock, nap of cloth’. lug2 (sense 3 of the noun) is perhaps from the 19th-century term denoting the lowest grade of tobacco.

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • L

     1

   • U

     1

   • G

     2

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