different between lugged vs lugger
lugged
English
Verb
lugged
- simple past tense and past participle of lug
Adjective
lugged (not comparable)
- Having ears.
Anagrams
- Gudgel, uggled
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lugger
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Etymology 1
Composed in English of lug +? -er. Attested since the early 17th century.
Noun
lugger (plural luggers)
- That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.
- One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
- (slang, Australia, US) A conman. [from 20th century]
- A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
- Synonyms: picker-up, roper, runner, steerer
- 2008, Ed Taggert, When the Rackets Reigned (page 187)
- An estimated 50 luggers were employed to bring gamblers to Reading.
Etymology 2
Likely from lugsail,, but compare also Middle Dutch luggen (“to fish with a dragnet”).
Noun
lugger (plural luggers)
- A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
- A good many persons of the pension had gone over to the Cheniere Caminada in Beaudelet's lugger to hear mass.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
Translations
Etymology 3
Variant of laggar falcon, from Hindi ????? (laggar).
Noun
lugger (plural luggers)
- An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
References
Anagrams
- glurge, gurgle
Danish
Noun
lugger c (singular definite luggeren, plural indefinite luggere)
- lugger
References
- “lugger” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English lugger
Noun
lugger m (definite singular luggeren, indefinite plural luggere, definite plural luggerne)
- (nautical) a lugger
References
- “lugger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “lugger” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English lugger
Noun
lugger m (definite singular luggeren, indefinite plural luggerar, definite plural luggerane)
- (nautical) a lugger
References
- “lugger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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