Literary notes about snug (AI summary)
The word snug in literature carries a multifaceted quality, invoking a sense of warmth, security, and intimate comfort. Often, authors use it to describe cozy, well-protected spaces—whether it’s a sheltered room or a snug harbor that offers refuge from external storms [1, 2, 3]—or to characterize a precise, secure fit, as when a berth is described as snugly confined [4, 5, 6]. Additionally, snug can even serve as a playful moniker for a character, as seen in the repeated references to a joiner named Snug in dramatic works [7, 8, 9]. Overall, the term blends physical closeness with an emotional haven, enriching settings both domestic and adventurous across a wide array of literary contexts [10, 11, 12].
- I fear that I have brought some traces of the storm and rain into your snug chamber.”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Then the kind hostess conducted her guests to the snug apartments blazing with cheerful fires.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - I'm fond of the winter; I'm fond of it because at that time, even in the hardest frosts, it's particularly snug at home.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - snug, seaworthy; weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - They took rank for intelligence; even at sixteen they were already talking about a snug berth.
— from White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Preventer braces were reeved and hauled taut; tackles got upon the backstays; and each thing done to keep all snug and strong.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana - And there, indeed, let him name his name, and tell them plainly he is Snug the joiner.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - QUINCE You, Pyramus' father; myself, Thisby's father;— Snug, the joiner, you, the lion's part:—and, I hope, here is a play fitted.
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - No, I am no such thing; I am a man as other men are:'—and there, indeed, let him name his name, and tell them plainly he is Snug the joiner.
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - It was a perfectly decent room, half parlour and half kitchen, but not at all a snug room.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - Well, now let us be quite comfortable and snug, and talk and laugh all the way home.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - So snug and warm was it, that he was loath to leave it when Francois distributed the fish which he had first thawed over the fire.
— from The call of the wild by Jack London
