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chug-a-lug

[chuhg-uh-luhg] / ˈtʃʌg əˌlʌg /
VERB
chug
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That was when the saxophonist lumbered around the drum kit, grabbed a pair of sticks and took over, without breaking the chug-a-lug on a ride cymbal.

From New York Times Aug. 29, 2010

I got into some steeply graded hills, and while the Escape doesn't exactly lope up them, it doesn't chug-a-lug either.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Budapest, discussions with Hungarian foreign ministry officials and a visit to Cardinal Mindszenty; in Sofia, trade talks with Bulgarian economists and a chug-a-lug of the first cold Coca-Cola from a new bottling plant.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Ocarrion’s steam engine suddenly roared to life with a fitful chug-a-lug.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

A hoarse-voiced old turkey gobbler was booming his chug-a-lug from the highest ground, and the softer chick of hen turkeys answered him.

From To the Last Man by Grey, Zane

The elevator moves like molasses, chug-a-lugging its way to the eighth floor.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles




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