Lugger

Quick meaning: Lugger is a noun meaning That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.

Meaning

That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.

More Meanings

1. One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
2. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
3. A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
4. An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
5. (slang, Australia, US) A conman.

Example Sentences

pearling lugger

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

A fast-sailing lugger will soon bring you there though, snug stowed under hatches, like a cask of moonlight.

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

Word Forms

• luggers

Synonyms for lugger

Depending on context, synonyms include picker-up, roper, runner, steerer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pearling, laggar, lumberer, lubbard, slug, lubber.

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