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Search phrase: lug

Plays

 18 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.ii.203Dromio, thou Dromio, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot.Dromio, thou Dromio, thou snaile, thou slug, thou sot. 
CymbelineCym IV.ii.205The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish careThe Ooze, to shew what Coast thy sluggish care
HamletHam III.iv.213I'll lug the guts into the neighbour room.Ile lugge the Guts into the Neighbor roome,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.ii.74as a gib cat, or a lugged bear.as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iv.155Come, bring your luggage nobly on your back.Come bring your luggage Nobly on your backe:
Henry VH5 IV.iv.73lackeys, with the luggage of our camp. The FrenchLackies with the luggage of our camp, the French
Henry VH5 IV.vii.1Kill the poys and the luggage? 'Tis expresslyKill the poyes and the luggage, 'Tis expressely
King LearKL IV.ii.42Whose reverence even the head-lugged bear would lick,
Richard IIR2 III.ii.84Awake, thou coward majesty; thou sleepest.Awake thou sluggard Maiestie, thou sleepest:
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.61Provokes this deluge most unnatural.Prouokes this Deluge most vnnaturall.
Richard IIIR3 III.i.22Fie, what a slug is Hastings that he comes notFie, what a Slug is Hastings, that he comes not
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.226That you have ta'en a tardy sluggard here.That you haue tane a tardie sluggard heere?
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.v.2Why, lamb! Why, lady! Fie, you slug-a-bed!Why Lambe, why Lady? fie you sluggabed,
The TempestTem IV.i.231To dote thus on such luggage? Let't alone,To doate thus on such luggage? let's alone
The TempestTem V.i.299Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it.Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it.
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.32Will lug your priests and servants from your sides,Will lugge your Priests and Seruants from your sides:
Titus AndronicusTit III.i.228Become a deluge, overflowed and drowned.Become a deluge: ouerflow'd and drown'd:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.7Than, living dully sluggardized at home,Then (liuing dully sluggardiz'd at home)

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1278 ‘ The more to blame my sluggard negligence. The more to blame my sluggard negligence.

Glossary

 31 result(s).
bed-pressersluggard, lazy fellow
behindhandbackward, tardy, sluggish
driftshower, deluge, load
drumbledawdle, loiter, move sluggishly
dulldead, lifeless, sluggish, inactive
dullness, dulnesslethargy, sluggishness, inactivity
flaggingdrooping, pendulous, sluggish
fraughtageluggage, freight, cargo
head-luggedpulled along by the ears; or: baited, tormented
heavyslow-moving, sluggish, laggard
lownrogue, sluggard; worthless idiot
luggagestuff, trappings, goods
lugged[of bears] baited
muddy[of a young deer] sluggish, lazy
muddy-mettledsluggish, dull-spirited
necessariestravelling necessities, personal luggage
restylazy, sluggish
resty-stiffstiff because too rested, sluggish
saplessfeeble, sluggish, lacking vigour
slow-gaitedslow-moving, sluggish
slugsluggard, lazy fellow
slug-abedlazy-bones
sluggardizedlike a sluggard, made lazy
sowlpull, lug, seize roughly
stiffunsupple, unathletic; or: lethargic, sluggish
stilllethargic, indolent, sluggish
stopfilling up, plugging, sealing
stople[Q variant] stop up, close up, plug
stuffbaggage, belongings, luggage
tardy-gaitedslow-moving, sluggish
unactiveinactive, slothful, sluggish

Thesaurus

 29 result(s).
delugedrift
lugsowl
luggagefraughtage
luggagestuff
luggage, personalnecessaries
move sluggishlydrumble
personal luggagenecessaries
plugstople
pluggingstop
sluggardbed-presser
sluggardslug
sluggard, like asluggardized
sluggard; worthless idiotlown
sluggishbehindhand
sluggishdull
sluggishflagging
sluggishheavy
sluggishmuddy
sluggishmuddy-mettled
sluggishresty
sluggishresty-stiff
sluggishsapless
sluggishslow-gaited
sluggishstiff
sluggishstill
sluggishtardy-gaited
sluggishunactive
sluggishly, movedrumble
sluggishnessdullness, dulness

Themes and Topics

 1 result(s).
Politeness...ntlemen / that you have ta’en a tardy sluggard here mercy i cry you 1...

Words Families

 12 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BEDPEOPLEslug-abed m
DELUGEBASICdeluge n
HEADACTIONhead-lugged adj
LUGBASIClug v, lugged adj
LUGACTIONhead-lugged adj
LUGGAGEBASICluggage n
SLUGBASICslug n, sluggard n, sluggardized adj, sluggish adj
SLUGPEOPLEslug-abed adj

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