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Synonyms & Antonyms of jugs
(Entry 1 of 2)
- some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug
Synonyms for jugs
- bastilles,
- big houses
- [slang],
- bridewells,
- brigs,
- calabooses,
- cans,
- clinks
- [slang],
- coolers,
- coops,
- guardrooms,
- hocks,
- holds,
- hoosegows,
- jailhouses,
- jails,
- joints
- [slang],
- lockups,
- nicks
- [British slang],
- penitentiaries,
- pens,
- pokeys
- [slang],
- prisons,
- quods
- [British slang],
- slammers,
- slams,
- stirs
- [slang],
- stockades,
- tolbooths
- [Scottish]
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- put a jug of milk on the table
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of jugs (Entry 2 of 2)
- the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them
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“Jugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugs. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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