Word: jugging
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...king snake swallowed an egg, crawled through the loop handle of a jug up to the egg, then swallowed another egg and was thus locked in the handle...
...greatest traditions of this rivalry is the annual struggle for the "little brown jug." When old Michigan teams traveled to play Minnesota, they carried their water in a number of brown jugs, painted with the Michigan colors. One year, however, it was found that one of the jugs was missing. Every place was searched, but the container could not be found anywhere in connection with the Michigan team. The incident was more or less forgotten, until the next year, when, at the game at Ann Arbor, the Minnesota supporters appeared on the field with the brown jug, repainted with Minnesota...
...Zimman was called (he says) to the telephone at his home. A friend was seriously ill. Did Mr. Zimman have a little alcoholic stimulant? Mr. Zimman did. Well, a friend of the friend would come down to the corner to get it. Mr. Zimman carefully wrapped a whole gallon jug of liquor in a paper and, without coat, without collar, went out to wait on the corner. A car drove up. To the two men in it Mr. Zimman passed his jug. They took it -and then they tried to take Mr. Zimman too. They were Lawrence E. Thompson...
...took a jug of cider, and we set a mug beside...
Newsman Steele concluded: "In the interest of Anglo-American amity it is hoped that Tunney does not carry out his intention of winding his cane about the neck of some persistent scribe, because the English are peculiar about such little matters, and likely would send Mr. Tunney to the jug, ex-champion or no ex-champion, Lauder millions or no Lauder millions.* And that would be some story...