24 June 2018
plugugly or plug-ugly
[pluhg-uhg-lee]
noun, plural pluguglies. Informal.
1. a ruffian; rowdy; tough.
2. extremely ugly
Origin of plugugly
1855-1860 An Americanism dating back to 1855-60; plug + ugly
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Examples from the Web for plugugly
Historical Examples
“Let the plug-ugly have what he seems to be looking for,” advised Mern.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
Holman Day
Every criminal and plug-ugly in the country is spitting in our faces this morning.
Cavanagh: Forest Ranger
Hamlin Garland
The “ plug-ugly ” of Baltimore is another name for the same class.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6
Various
A giant ” plug-ugly ” bellowed with triumph over his successful shot, yelled “kill ’em all!”
Tom Strong, Lincoln’s Scout
Alfred Bishop Mason
Today’s quote
Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.
– Eckhart Tolle
On this day
24 June 1950 – The Korean War begins as North Korean forces invade South Korea in response to the dividing of the Korean Peninsula by Allied forces after World War II. The US sends troops as part of the UN response to repel North Korea. In 1953 a demilitarised zone is established between North and South Korea. Although conflict ended in 1953 following a truce, both sides have remained on military alert ever since. Political posturing and a number of border clashes in the years since 1953 have brought the peninsula to the brink of war on numerous occasions.
24 June 1997 – the United States Air Force releases a report into the so-called ‘Roswell Incident’ in which there had been claims that an alien craft had crashed near Roswell, New Mexico, and the body of an alien was retrieved by the Air Force. The USAF report claimed that the bodies witnesses had seen were actually life-sized dummies.
24 June 2010 – Julia Gillard is appointed Australia’s first female prime minister after replacing Kevin Rudd in a leadership spill. On 26 June 2013, following ongoing ructions in the Labor Party, Gillard called another leadership ballot which was won by Kevin Rudd. Julia Gillard tendered her resignation, which took effect the following day when Rudd was sworn in as prime minister.