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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language

lug

1 verb
     
lug1 past tense and past participle lugged, present participle lugging [transitive] informal
to pull or carry something heavy with difficulty
lug something around/up/into/onto etc something
It's a huge book, not something you'd like to lug around.
She began to lug her suitcase up the stairs.
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