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  • adjective British slang Euphemistic for bloody.
  • adverb British slang Euphemistic for bloody.

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Examples

  • An anaemic age languishes for want of you, and finds its solace in "bluggy" tales.

    Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895

  • They are like children who delight in a "bluggy" story, -- who gloat over murder and rapine.

    The Uncalled A Novel Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • It has been a 'bluggy' business, and I am tired. "

    Mistress Anne Temple Bailey 1906

  • "Gila all bluggy, too!" he laughed, and pointed with his well hand.

    The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

  • He could not resist the glorious, alluring chance to come and get awfully mad over that "bluggy milk."

    Wild Animals at Home Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

  • It most killed the minister, and the rock is a little bluggy.

    The Heart's Kingdom Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • Mikey's pushing and I'm pulling, but he's all bluggy.

    The Heart's Kingdom Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

  • It was perched right there on his knee -- a awful, horrid, bluggy head with its moustache twisted up like Swanson's on Sunday.

    Mr. Bingle George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • "Bliaff's head was all bluggy, an 'David's sword was all bluggy -- bluggy as everyfing."

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Various 1887

  • "All bluggy," echoed Toddy, with ferocious emphasis.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) Various 1887

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  • "More bluggy drunkables? "

    Joyce, Ulysses, 14

    January 27, 2007