| Summary: | slug n Now before now when we'd be in the camps, you see, they _ they used to play cards night-time, you know, an' plugs o' tobacco - you cut it up in slogs, you know, short bits o' tobacco, instead o' money; they _ there was no money them times, course, but instead o' playin' for money you'd play for slugs, what they call slugs, see. You put 'em in a saucer now there. All hands set (sit??) down around playing for slogs. (ie short pieces of tobacco; pieces cut from a plug) (NB pronounciation difficult - though clear. First and last citations have a sound near [PT] while the two others have [PT]) Yes DNE-cit J.D.A. WIDDOWSON JAN 1974 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Sun 23 Aug 2015; Stamped but not used
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