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Synonyms & Antonyms of jug
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
- some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug
Synonyms for jug
- bastille,
- big house
- [slang],
- bridewell,
- brig,
- calaboose,
- can,
- clink
- [slang],
- cooler,
- coop,
- guardroom,
- hock,
- hold,
- hoosegow,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- joint
- [slang],
- lockup,
- nick
- [British slang],
- pen,
- penitentiary,
- pokey
- [slang],
- prison,
- quod
- [British slang],
- slam,
- slammer,
- stir
- [slang],
- stockade,
- tolbooth
- [Scottish]
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- glasshouse
- [British],
- guardhouse,
- hulk(s)
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2
a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout
- put a jug of milk on the table
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of jug (Entry 2 of 2)
to put in or as if in prison
- the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them
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The first known use of jug was in 1538
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