subs. phr. (old).—See quots. 1696 and 1823, NUG, verb. and NUGGING-HOUSE.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. NUGGING-DRESS. An odd or particular way, out of the Fashion.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1823. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue [EGAN], s.v. NUGGING-DRESS … A loose kind of a dress, denoting a courtezan.
