English
tuggery
tug + -ery.
Formed from tug + -ery
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
Proto-Germanic *tugōną ‘to draw, pull’
Proto-West Germanic *togōn ‘to pull, tow’
Old English togian ‘to tow’
Middle English tuggen ‘to pull, tug’
English tug
Today it means
noun The status of a foundationer or colleger at Eton.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tuggery”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / tuggery