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blagger

noun
/ˈblæɡɚ/

Etymology

From blag + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰelǵʰ-✻ — “to swell”
  2. derived from balg — “leather bag”
  3. borrowed from blaguer — “to joke (about); to tell a lie”
  4. suffixed as blagger — “blag + er”

Definitions

  1. A smooth talker, a persuasive person.

  2. A thief or robber, one who blags.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA