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He soon acquired the nickname "Pug", though it was unclear whether this derived from his initials, his stocky build, his prowess at boxing or his tenacious leadership.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Don't hold your breath for the paid by the word Pug trolls to shut up any time soon, though.
Hillary Camp: We're Working With Obama Campaign And DNC On Convention 2009
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The girls were Grace Bentley and another one they called Pug Peters.
Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels Percy Keese Fitzhugh 1913
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As a POW, he was nicknamed "Pug" - for pugnacious.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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As a POW, he was nicknamed "Pug" - for pugnacious.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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I’m a huge fan of Raymond E Fiest for the grandness of the Riftwar saga and for creating some of my favourite characters in Pug and Tomas.
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The magician’s apprentice Pug is infatuated with the Princess Carline, but he has difficulty enjoying her surly attitude as the two of them ride together on horseback during her leisure time.
Marvel Comics Solicitations for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The Tonberry, sometimes known as Pug or Dinglberry, is a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series.
Archive 2009-07-01 Michael James 2009
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In our youth, we knew -- and hated -- a small, unmitigated snob of a dog called the Pug, a kind of work-basket bull-dog, diminutive in size, dyspeptic in temper, disagreeable to contemplate, and distressing to be obliged to admire.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various
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Seamen I grew to be called Pug (who, I have heard, is the Lesser Fiend), or Little Brimstone, or young Pitchladle.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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