lugger

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.

   • The horse was a lugger – lugging into the rail all the time. I had to fight hard to keep him running straight
2. 2

   One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.

   • Robert Taillon, a lugger at Rapid, testified that in December 1997, Carlos Diaz and Michel Labrosse began to train Rene Delage as a lugger for the large transformers.
3. 3

   A conman.

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   1. 4

      A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them…

      A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

      • An estimated 50 luggers were employed to bring gamblers to Reading.
   2. 5

      A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.

      • pearling lugger
      • A fast-sailing lugger will soon bring you there though, snug stowed under hatches, like a cask of moonlight.
      • A good many persons of the pension had gone over to the Cheniere Caminada in Beaudelet's lugger to hear mass.
   3. 6

      An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie…

      An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.

      • Falconry is a difficult art to master, some species more so than others. Sakers and Luggers are known to be problematic, and easy to lose, or to lose patience with.

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