nug, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

nug v.

[dial. nug, to jog with the elbow, to strike or Lat. nugae, trifles]

to fondle, to indulge in sexual foreplay, to have sexual intercourse.

c.1505		R. Copland Complaynte of Them that ben To Late Maryed in Collier Illustrations I 10: My wyfe shewed to me her proper dugge, / On the mornynge her delyte for to make, / And to haue me for to play nugge a nugge.
1981		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 5: nuggie/nugi – kissing and petting on soap operas [...] heavy petting or love making on dates.

nugging dress (n.)

1. an old-fashioned or out of the ordinary style of dress.

c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Nugging-dress an odd or particular way, out of the Fashion.
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

2. a loose dress, denoting a courtesan.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.

nugging house (n.) (also nugging ken) [house n.¹ (1)/ken n.¹ (1)]

a brothel.

1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.