different between blagger vs slagger

English

Etymology

blag +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ??(r)

Noun

blagger (plural blaggers)

1. (informal) A smooth talker, a persuasive person.
2. (informal) A thief or robber, one who blags.

Translations

See also

• blackguard
• blag

References

• 'Blaggards of the Year', Freeman, Jan, Boston Globe, December 31, 2006.

Anagrams

• braggle

English

Etymology

From slag +? -er.

Noun

slagger (plural slaggers)

1. One who slags.
   • 1999, Elizabeth A. Throop, Net Curtains and Closed Doors: Intimacy, Family, and Public Life in Dublin, page 54,

     The proper response to slagging is to laugh at oneself while “getting back” at one?s slagger.

2. One who works with slag.
   • 2009, John Hoerr, Monongahela Dusk, page 255,

     Miravich closes his eyes and remembers his days as a slagger. When a mold is full, a slagger moves in with his tool, a techmological marvel othereise known as a board slightly larger than a two-by-four. He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity.

Anagrams

• gargles, laggers, raggles