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Definition of “trug”

trug (trʌɡ Pronunciation for trug

Definitions

noun

  1. (British) a long shallow basket made of curved strips of wood and used for carrying flowers, fruit, etc

Word Origin

C16: perhaps dialect variant of trough

Example Sentences Including 'trug'

Her sister had brought a trowel and Constance's trug was soon generously filled.
Ferrars, Elizabeth The Other Devil's Name
I said I'd slipped on the steps in my upper garden while carrying a trug full of weeds.
Meek, M R D In Remembrance of Rose
Rose picked up her secateurs and had soon filled the old gardening trug with her favourite off white old roses.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)

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