Ough vs Lough - What's the difference?
ough | lough |
The sound of a grunt or groan or cough
*{{quote-book, year=1856, author=John Esten Cooke, title=The Last of the Foresters, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Ough! ough'! ' ough !" groaned the old woman; "he wants to go, away from the nest where he was warmed, and nursed, and brought up. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1874, author=H. S. Caswell, title=The Path of Duty, and Other Stories, chapter=, edition=
, passage=We strove to extort from him the cause of this ebullition of passion, but he only shook his head in reply to our questions, and uttered a guttural "ough ." }}
A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 26, Henry McDonald, It's got fancy flats, a hotel. Even a bank. But can the Titanic Quarter stay afloat?, The Guardian
, passage=Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough
As an interjection ough
is the sound of a grunt or groan or cough.As a noun lough is
a lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.ough
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