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Word entry · 3 letters

dug

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"Excavated"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /dʌɡ/Part of speech nounSorted dguStarts with DEnds with G2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an udder or breast or teat

Word origin

From earlier dugge ("pap, teat"; compare also English dialectal ducky, dukky (“the female breast”)), apparently connected to Danish dægge (“to suckle”), Swedish dägga (“to suck”), Old English dēon (“to suckle”). More at doe.

Used in a sentence

  • Horatio: This Lapvving runs avvay vvith the ſshell on his head. Hamlet: He did complie with his Dugge before hee ſuck't it: […]
  • First Pig. I suck, but no milk will come from the dug.
  • Ah! that Deceit ſhould ſteale ſuch gentle ſhape, And vvith a vertuous Vizor hide deepe vice. He is my ſonne, I, and therein my ſhame, Yet from my dugges, he drew not this deceit

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Excavated3 letters
02Past tense of dig3 letters

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