tug : Idioms & Phrases
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Steam tug
- a steam vessel used in towing or propelling ships.
Webster 1913
Tug iron
- an iron hook or button to which a tug or trace may be attached, as on the shaft of a wagon.
Webster 1913
tug-of-war
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noun any hard struggle between equally matched groups
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noun a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses