crug
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Meaning · English
Bread.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
1820-23, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia
He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “crug” mean?
Bread.
Is “crug” formal or informal?
crug is generally slang.