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He wrote his stories, answered correspondence, rode the ranch, greeted and entertained guests — a good many of them complete strangers, old hobos, sailors, down-and-out pugs from the boxing ring, seeking a handshake, a handout and a meal from the notorious soft-touch, Jack London.

Wolf Dying: Page I 2004

The only quasi political distinction that now means anything is between fascists and liberals, but none of this has anything to do with establishment politics, i.e., the pugs are the dems and the dems are the pugs.

What's happening now in America is a life and death struggle between the American people and the literal neo-Nazis. 2007

It was short and simple but they made it clear that the pugs were acting a fool.

Think Progress » As White House Smears Iraq Critics, Pentagon Readies Plan for Withdrawal 2005

These mischievous Dubbies bear much resemblance in their natures and habits to those sprites which Heywood, in his Heirarchie, calls pugs or hobgoblins:

Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Washington Irving 1821

It just rolls off the tongue...and it reminds me of "pugs," which is never a bad thing.

The Chinese Medicine Experiment Phil Razem 2008

It just rolls off the tongue...and it reminds me of "pugs," which is never a bad thing.

Archive 2008-11-01 Phil Razem 2008

We'd consider buying a policy for breeds prone to specific health problems -- such as pugs, who often suffer eye conditions.

Is Pet Health Insurance Worth the Price? 2008

The Mrs. Grandys were all away, and if the young ladies thought it was prettier to exhibit the grace of flowing tresses than to bind them up in "pugs" behind their heads, who should, who could, object?

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

But now the "pugs" are interviewed, and journalists report it all.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 Various

The fight came off in a deserted barn near a siding above Poughkeepsie; and Levine wagered all of his money, with other prosperous-looking guests in the car, under the assumption that a bargain had been made between the "pugs" that his man should win.

The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Arthur Cheney Train 1910