The "plugger" is the top you spin; the "bait" is the top you strike with the plugger.
"Healthful Sports for Boys"
Alfred Rochefort
Boys love their "old reliable taw" in marbles, but their pride in this is never so great as that which they take in a conquering plugger.
"Healthful Sports for Boys"
Alfred Rochefort
If he strikes the tops with the big end of his plugger, it is a miss, and he must replace any top knocked out; but if the peg of the plugger hits a top and knocks it out of the center ring, he pockets it and has another whack.
"Healthful Sports for Boys"
Alfred Rochefort