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Thug   /θəg/   Listen
noun
Thug  n.  
1.
One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearly exterminated by the British government.
2.
An assassin; a ruffian; a rough. "Thugs and midnight rounders."





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"Thug" Quotes from Famous Books



... strike; but he was already pulling his swing, and it only gashed a long streak. The thug shrieked hoarsely and fell over. That left the way clear to the door; Bruce Gordon was through it and into the night in two soaring leaps. After only a few days on Mars, his legs were still hardened to Earth gravity, and he had more ...
— Police Your Planet • Lester del Rey
... so place himself in a position to be blackmailed later. Carrying the thought still further, would a clever man like Atwood take a chance of upsetting his own plans by hiring himself out to Hunt as a common thug?" ...
— The Sheridan Road Mystery • Paul Thorne
... is the Turk, and the Atheist, Essene, Erastian Whig, And the Thug and the Druse and the Catholic, And the ...
— Poems • G.K. Chesterton
... the Major. "I've a good revolver and my service sword—a priceless old wootz steel tulwar. I'm good for a dozen Pandies! I'm used to Thug—and Dacoit, to bandit and ruffian. I have a little private business to attend to, and I'll ...
— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage
... round while I speak to you, but go on with your cooking. I don't like the look of the leader of this party. He may be a respectable trader, he may be a Dacoit or a Thug. I want you to keep a sharp lookout, without seeming to do so. See that your pistols will come out of your girdle easily. Keep your sword handy for use. If you see anything suspicious, come over and tell me, and if there is not time for ...
— The Tiger of Mysore - A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib • G. A. Henty


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