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Lugger

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.

    "The horse was a lugger – lugging into the rail all the time. I had to fight hard to keep him running straight"

  2. 2
    A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.

    "pearling lugger"

  3. 3
    An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

    "Falconry is a difficult art to master, some species more so than others. Sakers and Luggers are known to be problematic, and easy to lose, or to lose patience with."

  4. 4
    small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails wordnet
  5. 5
    One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.

    "Robert Taillon, a lugger at Rapid, testified that in December 1997, Carlos Diaz and Michel Labrosse began to train Rene Delage as a lugger for the large transformers."

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  1. 6
    A conman. Australia, US, slang
  2. 7
    A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

    "An estimated 50 luggers were employed to bring gamblers to Reading."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lug + -er. Attested since the early 17th century.

Etymology 2

Likely from lugsail, but compare also Middle Dutch luggen (“to fish with a dragnet”).

Etymology 3

Variant of laggar falcon, from Hindi लग्गर (laggar).

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