plug-ugly

(plugug)

noun pl. plug-uglies

Slang a city ruffian or gangster; rowdy

Origin: see plug,

See plug-ugly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. plug-ug·lies
Slang
A gangster or ruffian.

Origin:

Origin: From the Plug Uglies, a gang active in several East Coast cities in the 1850s

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