He hemmed and hawed a while, but he was dry, and I shook the cherry-rum jug at him, figuratively speaking, so finally he give in.
First 'twas a lot of huckleberry pails, then a basket of groceries and such, then a tin pan with some potatoes in it, then a jug done up in a blanket.
Also he had some plates and photograph paper and a jug of 'developer' and bottles of stuff to make more, wrapped up in an old overcoat and packed away in the carpetbag.
Some of the facts I got from a cousin of Deborah Badger's, some of them I wormed out of Asaph himself one time when he'd had a jug come down from the city and was feeling toler'ble philanthropic and conversationy.
So the men went away, and me and Ben headed for my shanty, where we moored abreast of each other at the table, with a jugbetween us for a buoy, so's to speak.
In about a minute he returned, with a jug of ale foaming high.
Thereupon I followed him into the bar, where, having drawn me a jug of ale, helped himself as usual to a glass of sherry, and lighted a cigar, he proceeded to explain himself further.
What would ha' become of me all the time that you was in the Jug this last bout, if they hadn't have worked better than they do now?
As soon as the vehicle was out of sight, Mr. Whittingham returned in a disconsolate manner to his pantry, where Mr. Snoggles was occupied with a cold pasty and a jug of good old ale.
Half-an-hour passed away; and then the clergyman's man-servant made his appearance with a jugof ale and some bread and meat for the constable who had me in charge.
On one of the trestles were set a jug of steaming milk, some rolls of black bread, and a big dish of stewed cabbages.
But he had not forgotten to call for the beer, and he carried it carefully now, though his hands were so numb that he was afraid they would let the jug down every moment.
Strehla took up the jug of ale as he paused, and drained it slowly as a man who had no cares.
In this country the winters are long and very cold, the whole land lies wrapped in snow for many months, and this night that he was trotting home, with a jug of beer in his numb red hands, was terribly cold and dreary.
Before Jem had ended his little piece of business, a form had glided into sight; a wan, feeble figure, bearing with evident and painful labour a jug of water from a neighbouring pump.
He listened, or seemed to listen, patiently, taking occasionally copious draughts from an immense jug of whitish wine which stood between his knees.
The jug might contain about half a gallon, but I emptied it in a few minutes, for the thirst of fever was still burning within me, though I was destitute of appetite.
A moment later, there stood upon the table a loaf of rye bread, a slice of bacon, some wrinkled apples and a jug of beer.
She did her best not to turn aside with too much repugnance when he came to bring her her basket of provisions or her jug of water, but he always perceived the slightest movement of this sort, and then he withdrew sadly.
Then his whole body snapped forward and the glass from the broken window pane jingled musically on the floor as the jug crashed out into the night.
Dog my cats ef de seetfulness er dat jug don't git away wid me," continued Uncle Remus, with a chuckle.
Geroofd, wat we vinden,« klonk het; »misschien is er nog wel mondkost hier of daar!
I wonder no Yankee has ever thought to invent a jug with a glass bottom," he observed.
I am aware the Yankees are an ingenious people; I wonder none of 'em ever thought of a jug with a glass bottom, so that when a body holds it up to the light he can see at a glance whether it is empty or not.
While he was still speaking he had produced a jug from behind the quilt that screened his bed, and now, bareheaded, and with every indication of haste, took himself off into the night.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jug" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
