trug

Etymology

Compare trough.

noun

  1. (chiefly Britain) A shallow, oval basket used for gardening
  2. (obsolete) A trough or tray.
  3. (obsolete) A hod for mortar.
  4. (obsolete) A concubine; a harlot.
    the Tobacco seller, with their companion Trugs, must be coached to […]many other places, like wild haggards prancing up and down 1630, John Taylor, “The World Runs on Wheels”, in All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet

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