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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread snug #99700 03/30/2003 4:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 " I drest plainly; I was seen at no places of idle diversion. I never went out a fishing or shooting; a book, indeed, sometimes debauch’d me from my work, but that was seldom, snug, I ;have neveer ;heard "snug" used this way, to mean hidden from public view, but it is the sixth meanting given in my dictionary. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: snug #99701 03/31/2003 12:10 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK In the UK the noun 'snug' was used as recently as twenty years ago, possibly still is in some areas, for a small private room in a public house. The room was used by respectable unaccompanied ladies who did not wish to mix with the men in the public bar but valued their port and lemon of an evening. They were tucked away unseen in their little room, in the Snug. In some old pubs you can still see 'Snug' written on a brass plate on the door to a small room off the bar. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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