释义 |
crug slang.|krʌg| Food; spec. the commons of bread at Christ's Hospital. The original meaning may be ‘crust’, in which sense it is used at Christ's Hospital School, Hertford.
1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. Christ's Hospital, We were battening upon our quarter of a penny loaf—our crug—moistened with attenuated small beer. 1873Slang Dict., Crug, food. Christ's Hospital boys apply it only to bread. |