lugger

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From 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 === 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. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Variant of laggar falcon, from Hindi लग्गर (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.