pug• It bore a sketch on the outside of the envelope; a small black pug.• It was - it could not be - Buffy the pug, with Mrs Gracie!• Buffy the pug was dead long ago; between them the family had replaced him in her affections.• Halsey knew the pugstationed at the back door, who let them in without a word.• I fear that if you send more letters to the theatre Mrs Seale will notice the pug and will tell Papa.• At 24, there is little of the pugimage about him.• The purists were far from happy, particularly when furtive crosses with pugsfurthertamed the breed.
Originpug
(1700-1800) Probably from pug“trick-playing spirit, monkey”((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from Puck; → PUCKISH