Plug-ugly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Plug-ugly is an adjective meaning (US, historical) A member of an American nativist street gang that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865.
Meaning
(US, historical) A member of an American nativist street gang that operated in the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1854 to 1865.
More Meanings
- (slang) Very ugly.
- (slang) A violent thug; a goon.
- (slang) An ugly person.
Example Sentences
Thus passed the last of the North Wales Narrow Gauge locomotives, and one of the few American-built locomotives to survive in Great Britain; the sadly cropped though once elegant Russell, and the unembellished yet useful Yankee plug-ugly.
The article was a highly-coloured and exaggerated account of the adventure of Roy Perkins, 'our experienced war correspondent' and it contained such purple passages as 'this hirsute bully of Enmore Gardens,' 'a compound guarded by barbed wire, plug-uglies, and bloodhounds,' and finally, 'I was dragged from the edge of the Anglo-Australian tunnel by two ruffians[.]'
Word Forms
- plug-uglies
Synonyms for plug-ugly
Depending on context, synonyms include butt-ugly, bruiser, tough guy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tough guy, bruiser, pug-ugly, butt-ugly, busted, beat.
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