Salugi

Quick meaning: Salugi is a noun meaning (informal, US, New York) A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off.

Meaning

(informal, US, New York) A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off.

More Meanings

1. Alternative spelling of Saluki (“a breed of hound originating in the Middle East”).

Example Sentences

the taste of pencils and Louis Bocca's ear / torn off by the fence in a game of salugi.

Then he grabs a hat off Jim, a guy about my age who never says anything, and they all playing saloogie around him with it like a bunch of kids.

They had seized the tan derby of one of their number; three others in sharp suits and silk waistcoats were tossing it around in a wild game of salugi.

He had four Salugis, all hairless ones, of a biscuit colour, very large to my eyes. I measured them and they were from 22-24 inches high, very ugly dogs, of the slinking type

Word Forms

• salugis
• saloogie
• saluggi
• salugie

Synonyms for salugi

Depending on context, synonyms include keep-away.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include salugie, saluggi, saloogie, keep-away, keepsies, suey.

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