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Snug   /snəg/   Listen
adjective
Snug  adj.  (compar. snugger; superl. snuggest)  
1.
Close and warm; as, an infant lies snug.
2.
Close; concealed; not exposed to notice. "Lie snug, and hear what critics say."
3.
Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property.


noun
Snug  n.  (Mach.) Same as Lug, n., 3.


verb
Snug  v. t.  
1.
To place snugly. (R.)
2.
To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.


Snug  v. i.  (past & past part. snugged; pres. part. snugging)  To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother.





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"Snug" Quotes from Famous Books



... snug and dry in our cove, d—-n them, and that poor Gull straining and crying out there, reaching for her hame, and them ready to pounce on her crew, the crawling slinks,"—and I knew he was ...
— The McBrides - A Romance of Arran • John Sillars
... you're up a tree as far as office goes. A place like that niver suited me, because, you see, that poker of a young lord expected so much of a man; but you don't mind that kind of thing, and I thought you were as snug as snug." ...
— Phineas Finn - The Irish Member • Anthony Trollope
... could pick up one of the Aleutians in a few days, but I'm keeping south of them. There'll probably be ugly ice along the beaches, and I've no fancy for being cast ashore by a strong tide when the fog lies on the land. With westerly winds I'd sooner hold on for Alaska. We could lie snug in an inlet there, and, it's quite likely, get a cedar that would make a spar. I can't head right away for Vancouver with ...
— Hawtrey's Deputy • Harold Bindloss
... peddler of fancy goods, and eventually a dealer in peltries. In 1791 there appeared at Number 40 Little Dock street, the unpretending name of John Jacob Astor, and here the foundation of his estate was laid. Astor soon took fair rank among business men. He was prompt and snug in his dealing, honest and straightforward, and beside this, carried great weight of character in his countenance. No man could be much with him without being struck with his depth of character, and ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... was glued on with the gum from my brown buds. When it was finished, it was delicate enough for the cradle of a little princess, and the outside was so carefully matched to the tree by lichens, that the sharpest eyes from below could not detect it. What a safe, snug home for the humming-birds! ...
— The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children • Jane Andrews


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