lugs

Mr. White is acclaimed for his finely worked "lugs" - the sockets on the ends of the tubes

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(Adm. 65/195, found in the microfilms of the Virginia Colonial Records Project, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.) [4] "The lowest grade [of tobacco] was known as lugs as early as 1686. ..."

Letter from Robert Carter to Philip Perry, March 2, 1732 1732

(Survey Report 6801 summarizing Adm 68/195, 154r, found in the microfilms of the Virginia Colonial Records Project, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.) [4] "The lowest grade [of tobacco] was known as lugs as early as 1686. ..."

Letter from Robert Carter to James Bradley, June 26, 1731 1731

(Survey Report 9729 detailing the Weymouth Port Books, Virginia Colonial Records Project, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.) [2] "The lowest grade [of tobacco] was known as lugs as early as 1686. ..."

Letter from Robert Carter to Edward Tucker, April 15, 1730 1730

[3] "The lowest grade [of tobacco] was known as lugs as early as 1686. ..."

Letter from Robert Carter to John Pemberton, April 15, 1730 1730

(Survey Report 6800 summarizing Adm. 68/194, and Survey Report 6801 summarizing Adm. 68/195, Virginia Colonial Records Project, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.) [8] "The lowest grade [of tobacco] was known as lugs as early as 1686. ..."

Letter from Robert Carter to William Dawkins, April 16, 1730 1730

During this process the crop is divided into the various grades of commerce from 'long bright 'leaf to' lugs 'the lowest grade known to manufacturers.

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings

We had evidently caught the household stripped of "lugs," and sunk in the down-at-the-heel slovenliness which it called "comfort."

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

I haven't brought any of my 'lugs' here with me -- 'pon my word I haven't.

Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants or, Handling Their First Real Commands 1895

We had evidently caught the household stripped of "lugs," and sunk in the down-at-the-heel slovenliness which it called "comfort."

The Deluge David Graham Phillips 1889