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snug

s nuhg

  • n  a small secluded room
  • s  offering safety; well protected or concealed
    a snug harbor
    a snug hideout
  • s  fitting closely but comfortably
  • s  well and tightly constructed
    a snug house
    a snug little sailboat
  • s  enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space
    snug in bed
    a snug little apartment

  • Both wore Guards' uniforms and snug Sam Brownes.
  • Chen Yi rounded up scores of "collaborators" while his pooh-bahs made themselves snug.
  • If ever sailors on submarine duty have a right to feel safe, it is when their sub is lying on the surface, lashed securely to her mother ship in some snug harbor.
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  • Kerry Shine in The Australian
    Parents who have already purchased any of these cots should immediately check the mattress insert to ensure it is a snug fit,Mr Shine said.
  • Tim Brewster in Minneapolis Star Tribune
    When we're in man coverage and we're bringing blitzes, we have to have the confidence to play tight and snug it up,Brewster said.
  • Charles Dickens in Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
    The warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball-room, as you would desire to see upon a winter's night,Dickens wrote. "In came all the young men and women employed in the business. : There was cake, and there was negus, and...

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