Definition of "plug-ugly" [plug-ugly]

• Slang A gangster or ruffian. (noun)

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• ""A prizefighter, a hoodlum, a plug-ugly," Sarah sneered, after she had exhausted herself of all calamitous forecasts of her own future and the future of her children in the absence of Saxon's weekly four dollars and a half."
• "He'll kill somebody yet, that plug-ugly of yourn, an 'be hanged for it."
• "And what a smart idea to ignore the question and hand out the prepared plug-ugly party slur stuff - the great clunking fist - the subtle Brown touch that gets the likes of you fawning and crooning."