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plug-ugly
adjective
- informal.extremely ugly
noun
- slang.a city tough; ruffian
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of plug-ugly1
C19: origin obscure; originally applied to ruffians in New York who attempted to exert political pressure
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Jay Cee had brains, so her plug-ugly looks didn't seem to matter.
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The “plug-ugly” of Baltimore is another name for the same class.
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But perhaps more than any American dramatist working today, Mr. Bradshaw walks — no, make that tramples — the lines that divide the good, the bad and the plug-ugly, both in art and in life.
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Mets fans have seen the plug-ugly bullpen implode in recent days and are doing their best to run Jason Bay out of town.
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Even the most ardent admirers of the Xolo concede that the dog is plug-ugly.
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