"salugi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: salugis [plural]
Etymology: See Saluki. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Saluki}} Saluki Head templates: {{en-noun}} salugi (plural salugis)
  1. Alternative spelling of Saluki (“a breed of hound originating in the Middle East”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Saluki (extra: a breed of hound originating in the Middle East)
    Sense id: en-salugi-en-noun-K5itdS6s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Unknown. Attested in print from the 1950s; likely used earlier. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} salugi (uncountable)
  1. (informal, US, New York) A keep-away game in which children throw around an object with the aim of keeping it away from a particular child (often the owner of the object) or from another group of children; keepings off. Tags: New-York, US, informal, uncountable Synonyms: keep-away, monkey in the middle, piggy in the middle, saloogie, sloogie, saluggi, salugie
    Sense id: en-salugi-en-noun-Isw5PGqp Categories (other): American English, New York English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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