subs. (old).—A thief: hence PUGGING = thievish.
1604. SHAKESPEARE, Winter’s Tale, iv. 2.
| | The white sheet bleaching on a hedge … |
| Doth set my PUGGING tooth an edge. |
1611. MIDDLETON, The Roaring Girle [DODSLEY, Old Plays (REED), vi. 115]. Lifters, nips, foists, PUGGARDS.
