Meaning of salugi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of Saluki (“a breed of hound originating in the Middle East”).
   alt-of, alternative
2. 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.
   New-York, US, informal, uncountable

Examples

“And when the boy had grown up, he went up on the roof of his house and he saw a salūgī (i.e. greyhound or hunting dog) which was following a man who was walking on the highway.”

“He had four Salugis, all hairless ones, of a biscuit colour, very large to my eyes. I measured them and they were from 22-24 inches high, very ugly dogs, of the slinking type”

“An animal appearing frequently on these seals was the salugi. It is a dog of the greyhound type still common in the Near East. Fortunately for the salugi, it is not classed as a dog in Arabic.”

“They had seized the tan derby of one of their number; three others in sharp suits and silk waistcoats were tossing it around in a wild game of salugi.”

“Then he grabs a hat off Jim, a guy about my age who never says anything, and they all playing saloogie around him with it like a bunch of kids.”

“the taste of pencils and Louis Bocca's ear / torn off by the fence in a game of salugi.”

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