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Muggy   Listen
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Muggy  adj.  (compar. muggier; superl. muggiest)  
1.
Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.
2.
Warm, damp, and windless; uncomfortably hot and humid; sultry; as, muggy air, weather.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Muggy" Quotes from Famous Books



... things to do; I'd better like to better do the few: I want—and this might almost lead my wishes,— A bigger place to keep my mops and dishes. I want a horse; I want a little buggy, To ride in when the days grow hot and muggy; I want a garden; and,—perhaps it's funny,— But now and then I want a little money. I want an easy way to do my hair; I want an extra dress or two to wear; I want more patience; and when all is given, I think I want to ...
— Real Folks • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

... terrier, pointer, and perhaps one other, and we have never seen a trace of these matings in subsequent litters. One case, for example: In another part of this book we allude to a dog spoken of by Dr. Mott, in his "Treatise of the Boston Terrier," named "Muggy Dee." The grandmother of this charming little dog was bred in our kennels, by name, "St. Botolph's Bessie." We sold her to a Boston banker, and she matured into a beautiful dog. Upon coming in season she was unfortunately warded by a spaniel on the estate, which ...
— The Boston Terrier and All About It - A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog • Edward Axtell

... was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly. The horses in the stages that were going out, and had come through the city, were smoking so, that the outside passengers were invisible. The newspaper-sellers looked moist, and smelled mouldy; the wet ran off the hats ...
— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens



Words linked to "Muggy" :   steamy, wet



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