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liggers

liggers is the plural of ligger.

Meaning of ligger

Noun

ligger (plural liggers)

  1. The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
  2. A simply supported plank over a stream used as a footbridge.
  3. A nether millstone.
  4. A coverlet for a bed.
  5. (slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
    • Peaches Geldof may be a top showbiz ligger – but now she’s got a group of her own.2006 August 29, “Peaches gets own band”, in The Sun
  6. A kelt (“thin, recently spawned salmon”).

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Questions about liggers

What is liggers the plural of?
Liggers is the plural of ligger.

Words near liggers in the dictionary

  1. ligers
  2. Liggan
  3. ligged
  4. ligger
  5. liggerati
  6. liggers
  7. Liggett
  8. Liggetts
  9. ligging
  10. light
  11. light a fire under

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