Doug
English
Etymology
Shortening.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dŭg, IPA(key): /dʌɡ/
- Homophone: dug
- Rhymes: -ʌɡ
Proper noun
Doug
- A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
- 1960 Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 70
- *Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'
- 'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'
- 1960 Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 70
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