jugs 1 of 2

noun

Definition of jugsnext
plural of jug
1
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug

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as in bottles
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout put a jug of milk on the table

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jugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of jug
as in interns
to put in or as if in prison the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them

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  1. prisons
  2. pitchers
  3. cups
  4. coolers
Noun
  • They are being moved to six prisons across the state.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Officials said 841 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine were evacuated to seven different prisons.
    NBC News, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • The Reds are resigned to losing Nick Martinez, one of their better pitchers, to free agency and may have to pare their already-low $100 million payroll after losing the broadcast revenue stream provided by Diamond Sports, which cut ties with 11 clubs earlier this week.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Anybody doesnt like these pitchers don’t like sin-ma, see?
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of pitchers
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  • The blender comes with three mixing cups.
    Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Three cups are pointed towards the Sun to record solar wind while inside the heliosphere, while the fourth is positioned at a right angle to the others to capture information on various planetary magnetospheres, the heliosphere, and interstellar space.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of cups
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  • Ghost’s branding will be featured on team bench seat covers and water coolers.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Both coolers had an even distribution of food, root beers, and La Croix’s, and each held a block of ice tucked into their right corner.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024
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