Meaning of lugger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That which lugs in either literal or figurative senses.
2. A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.
3. An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
4. One who lugs, especially one whose job entails pulling or moving heavy objects.
5. A conman.
   Australia, US, slang
6. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

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Examples

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

“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.”

“An estimated 50 luggers were employed to bring gamblers to Reading.”

“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.”

“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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