"Doug" meaning in English

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          "text": "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.'\n'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'",
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