plug-ugly

plug-ug·ly

(plŭg′ŭg′lē)

n. pl. plug-ug·lies Slang

A gangster or ruffian.

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[From the Plug Uglies, a gang active in several East Coast cities in the 1850s.]

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plug-ugly

adj

informal extremely ugly

n, pl -lies

slang US a city tough; ruffian

[C19: origin obscure; originally applied to ruffians in New York who attempted to exert political pressure]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

plug-ugly - someone who bullies weaker people   tough guy bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough - a cruel and brutal fellow Ted, Teddy boy - a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes

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Translations

plug-ugly

[ˌplʌgˈʌglɪ] ADJ → feísimo, horrendo

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