dragger

Noun

dragger (plural draggers)

1. Something that drags.
2. A trawler.
3. One who takes part in drag racing.
   • On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10
   • In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63

   Synonyms:

   dragster

4. A vehicle used in drag racing.
   • So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 8, page 4149

   Synonyms:

   dragster

5. (slang) A car thief.
   • Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92
   • [A]t least, there were no dodgy whispers about him and that was a big plus in the tight-knit community of blaggers, draggers and carpet baggers of this corner of north-West London.
     Sean was pretty pissed off that the car they had meant to use for that day's robbery was an old rust-bucket Volkswagen...2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen