lug in
Example Sentences
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The hub of derby activity is a small wooden shack here where fishermen and fisherwomen from across the island lug in their catch in coolers at 8 in the morning and 8 at night.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2012
"I'll lug in the canteens and the chuck bag."
From Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor by Standish, Burt L.
I had struck off two imitations of Burton, quite abstracted from any modern allusions, which it was my intent only to lug in from time to time to make 'em popular.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
"What reason, then, could you have for your extraordinary conduct in trying, against all rule, to lug in here your mere ungrounded conjectures, to prejudice the court and spectators against an innocent man?"
From Gaut Gurley by Thompson, D. P.
If on my next publication they should praise me, and so lug in Endymion, I will address them in a manner they will not at all relish.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
