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The Captain T
The Captain Aug 30, 2005 17:42:04
Replying to FourWinds

Would there be a connection of Lugg to ears? As is open your earlugs? which are kind of hollows at the side of you head?

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Sep 1, 2005 18:19:07
Replying to The Captain

Lug (Noun)
1624, "handle of a pitcher," from lugge (Scot.) "earflap of a cap, ear" (1495; in 19c. Scotland this was the only word for "ear"), probably from Scand. (cf. Swed. lugg "forelock," Norw. lugg "tuft of hair"). The connecting notion is "something that can be gripped and pulled." Applied 19c. to mechanical objects that can be grabbed or gripped. Meaning "stupid fellow" is from 1924; that of "lout, sponger" is 1931, Amer.Eng.