Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 16, 2021 15:21
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tugger
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tugger
So something your mum taught you how to make when you were a little tugger?
Asking a chef if he learned the plate he made from his mum. The material is Australian.
Thanks in advance,
Asking a chef if he learned the plate he made from his mum. The material is Australian.
Thanks in advance,
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| 4 +1 | boy |
philgoddard
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| 4 | a young kid/child |
David Hollywood
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| 4 -1 | struggle |
Sittie Hane Mama
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philgoddard
United States
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boy
I haven't found any references for this, but I think the meaning is clear from the context. It could be because children are always tugging on your arm, or it could be a euphemistic variant on "bugger", used as an affectionate insult, or it may have some other origin.
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Sittie Hane Mama
Philippines
Philippines
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Philippines
ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪʟɪᴘɪɴᴏꜱ
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struggle
Someone capable of exerting much effort to pull/drag something to move/reposition something; to struggle in opposing ways
Example sentence:
They needed someone to stand as a tugger for one of their games.
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Shera Lyn Parpia
: this doesn't make sense to me.
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| disagree |
Edith Kelly
: makes no sense here
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David Hollywood
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English
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
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a young kid/child
I think "tugger" just refers to the fact that the person was young ...don't think it's a typo for "bugger"
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and could be male or female
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probably even has an affectionate connotation
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like when you say "to be knee-high to a grasshopper"
Means to be very short or very young. Though the second meaning is heard more commonly. The idiom literally means to reach a grasshopper's knee. It is usually used in reference to a time long ago when someone was younger/littler than the present.
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the "tug" element could allude to children tugging at their mum's apron strings
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although this is slightly different: If you say that someone, especially a man, is tied to his mother's/wife's apron strings, it means that he is strongly influenced and controlled by that person.
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I just think it means "a young kid"
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-04-17 02:01:59 GMT)
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and could be male or female
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-04-17 02:02:56 GMT)
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probably even has an affectionate connotation
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-04-17 02:04:58 GMT)
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like when you say "to be knee-high to a grasshopper"
Means to be very short or very young. Though the second meaning is heard more commonly. The idiom literally means to reach a grasshopper's knee. It is usually used in reference to a time long ago when someone was younger/littler than the present.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-04-17 02:06:11 GMT)
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the "tug" element could allude to children tugging at their mum's apron strings
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Note added at 10 hrs (2021-04-17 02:08:06 GMT)
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although this is slightly different: If you say that someone, especially a man, is tied to his mother's/wife's apron strings, it means that he is strongly influenced and controlled by that person.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2021-04-17 02:27:31 GMT)
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I just think it means "a young kid"
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: Please explain how this is different to my answer. I'd be really interested to know.
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not much difference Phil but is a tad more general and discards the idea of a typo for bugger
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