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The phrase "a lug" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a clumsy or awkward person, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "He may be a bit of a lug, but his heart is in the right place."
Alternatives: "a clumsy oaf" or "a bumbling fool".
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(You will need a screwdriver and a lug wrench, however).
Add a lug of oil to the pan and add the squid.
Cheap!" A weird-looking, deformed Tweety Bird with a lug gun.
"So you're driving down the road with a mud flap dangling or a lug nut loose.
The team left a lug nut off the left rear tire on a late pit stop.
Conrad (the excellent Nolan Gerard Funk) turns out to be a lug with looks.
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If Bouzy's your preferred mood, chug-a-lug Benoît Lahaye's NV Brut, $38, and pour the remains over your hungover Boxing Day birthday suit.
Mr. Miner's bass lines properly framed and cushioned Mr. Munisteri's chug-a-lug strumming, whether they were walking four beats to the bar or with a jaunty two-step feel.
Proponents of this strategy tell you to ask for a glass of water with every drink you order, and then make yourself chug-a-lug the water before addressing the drink.
That was when the saxophonist Joe Lovano lumbered around the drum kit, grabbed a pair of sticks and took over, without breaking the chug-a-lug on a ride cymbal.
A Nashville songwriter from an earlier generation who similarly enjoyed transgressing the conventions of country music was Roger Miller, the man who wrote "King of the Road," "Chug-a-lug," and numerous other hits.
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