slang. Food; spec. the commons of bread at Christ’s Hospital.
The original meaning may be ‘crust,’ in which sense it is used at Christ’s Hospital School, Hertford.
1820. Lamb, Elia, Ser. I. Christ’s Hospital. We were battening upon our quarter of a penny loaf—our crug—moistened with attenuated small beer.
1873. Slang Dict., Crug, food. Christ’s Hospital boys apply it only to bread.
