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leggers

leggers is the plural of legger.

Meaning of legger

Noun

legger (plural leggers)

  1. (informal) A bootlegger.
    • Oh, you mean the ex-legger the eldest girl picked up and went and married.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
  2. (UK, obsolete) A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic.
  3. (in-compounds) Something having the specified kind or number of legs.
    • Won't your ladyship condescend to use a three legger. (offers a stool)1842, James Bruton, Bathing: a farce, in one act, page 6

Questions about leggers

What is leggers the plural of?
Leggers is the plural of legger.

Words near leggers in the dictionary

  1. legged up
  2. leggedness
  3. leggeds
  4. legger
  5. leggero
  6. leggers
  7. legges
  8. Legget
  9. leggett
  10. Leggette
  11. Leggettes

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