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

There is a familiar story of Whistler, that when some one praised his latest portrait as equal to Velasquez, he snapped back, "Yes, but why lug in Velasquez?"

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan

She would need so much explanation; she was too interesting to lug in now, it was getting late.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

There are six shifts of sail, the main being substituted for the fore lug in turn as the weather increases, in a manner similar to that in which our own Mounts Bay boats reduce canvas.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various

And of course they had to lug in the fact that Ambrose was a near-son-in-law of the president of the Corrugated Trust.

From Torchy As A Pa by Ford, Sewell