trug

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English

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Etymology

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Compare trough.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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trug (plural trugs)

  1. (chiefly British) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
  2. (obsolete) A trough or tray.
  3. (obsolete) A hod for mortar.
  4. (obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
    • 1630, John Taylor, “The World Runs on Wheels”, in All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet:
      the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to [] many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse trog.

Noun

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trug n (singular definite truget, plural indefinite trug)

  1. trough

Inflection

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /truːk/, [tʁuːk] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /truːx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
  • Homophone: Trug (but /x/ is less common in this, so some speakers may distinguish)

Verb

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trug

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of tragen

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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trug m (definite singular trugen, indefinite plural trugar, definite plural trugane)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of truge f