Salugi
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of Saluki (“a breed of hound originating in the Middle East”). alt-of, alternative
"And when the boy had grown up, he went up on the roof of his house and he saw a salūgī (i.e. greyhound or hunting dog) which was following a man who was walking on the highway."
- 2 A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off. New-York, US, informal, uncountable
"They had seized the tan derby of one of their number; three others in sharp suits and silk waistcoats were tossing it around in a wild game of salugi."
Example
More examples"And when the boy had grown up, he went up on the roof of his house and he saw a salūgī (i.e. greyhound or hunting dog) which was following a man who was walking on the highway."
Etymology
Etymology 1
See Saluki.
Etymology 2
Unknown. Attested in print from the 1950s; likely used earlier.
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