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Etymology and Origins

  1. In the Jug

    Slang for “in prison.” The term is derived from the Scottish joug, a kind of iron yoke or pillory for the head designed for the punishment of rogues and vagabonds. When at a later period a round house of stone was set up in the market-place for such offenders, this earliest prison was popularly called “The Stone Jug.”

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of in the jug in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of in the jug in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of in the jug in a Sentence

  1. Omar Khayym:

    A Book of Verses undeneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow

  2. Scotland Jason Day:

    That little piece of immortality and glory that comes with winning the claret jug at the home of golf at St. Andrews.

  3. Zach Johnson:

    I'm grateful. I'm humbled. I'm honored, this is the birthplace of the game, and that jug means so much in sports.

  4. Hannah Baxter:

    Bathing Culture is my go-to for a delicious, certified organic, biodegradable body wash that smells divine and leaves my skin supple and smooth, i stock up on the gallon jug about every nine months or so to refill my glass pump bottle, which is way more convenient than forgetting to order body wash at the last minute and panic buying something random from a bodega.

  5. Al Sharpton:

    I thought it was a good speech, now, in this particular case, dealing with my friend and brother Joe, if he was trying to get votes, it was not the vote-getting speech … I'm a minister. Either you get up, and you try to persuade people of their sins and appeal to their better angels. But when they come to church, and they still have the jug of whiskey up under the pew, you say, you’re going to hell. I think he gave a ‘you’re going to hell’ speech.

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