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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



... as I must finish afore tea-time, 'cause the owner's coming for 'em. So I'll go and set to and do it, and you'll get the tea ready like a handy maid as you are, and then we'll have it together, snug and cosy." ...
— White Lilac; or the Queen of the May • Amy Walton
... Lieutenant Thomas Keppel, the brother of our favourite Captain Henry Keppel, and this circumstance gave it more interest to us; but T. Keppel has since left the service, and is now a Reverend, moored in a snug Creek, and has quite given over climbing up Peter-Bottes. During the short time that we remained at this delightful island, we received every kindness and attention from the governor and his lady, and the officers of the two regiments ...
— Borneo and the Indian Archipelago - with drawings of costume and scenery • Frank S. Marryat
... he might expect for the next three months, if he stayed so long on the island, admonished Frank to make himself as comfortable as possible in the cave, and from its snug shelter ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls - Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 • Various
... dinner at the Clynes', to a crowded piratical galley trying to get alongside a good seaman in rough weather. He was very funny about Leo Maxse in the poop, white and shrieking with passion and the motion, and all the capitalists armed to the teeth and hiding snug in the hold until the grappling-irons were fixed.... Why haven't you come into the game? I'd hoped it if only for the sake of meeting you again. What are you doing ...
— The Passionate Friends • Herbert George Wells
... reside in because it is old. Indeed I do not recollect that I was even so romantic as to overcome my aversion to rats and rheumatism, those faithful attendants upon your noble relics of feudalism; and I much prefer a snug, modern, unmysterious bed-room, with well-aired sheets, to the waving tapestry, mildewed cushions, and all the other interesting appliances of romance; however, though I cannot promise you all the discomfort generally pertaining to an old castle, you will find legends ...
— Two Ghostly Mysteries - A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and The Murdered Cousin • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu


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