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drugger|ˈdrʌgə(r)|
Also 6 druggier, -eir.
[f. drug n.1 (in senses 2 and 3 f. drug v.2) + -er1, -ier. Cf. F. drogueur.]
†1. A dealer in drugs, a druggist. Obs.
1594Nashe Terrors Nt. E ij, The hungrie druggier..agrees to anything, and to Court he goes. 1596― Saffron Walden 109 Another craftie mortring Druggeir. 1610B. Jonson Alch. iv. vii, He owes this honest Drugger here seven pound..[for] Tabacco. 1628Earle Microcosm., Meer dull Physician (Arb.) 25 Then follows a writ to his drugger in a strange tongue. 1845S. Nayler Reynard Introd. 42 The prelate, the lawyer, the drugger, are here fitted to their hearts' content.
2. One who administers a drug.
1836E. Howard R. Reefer l, I became..lethargically drowsy..They are skilful druggers. 1893Daily News 16 Dec. 5/1 The child was observed by this persistent drugger..to be ‘red all over’.
3. One who takes narcotic, etc., drugs; a drug-addict. colloq.
1941J. Cary Herself Surprised lxxxi. 204 When first I knew Lizzie I thought she was a drugger or a drinker or worse. 1968H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote hunts Peacock vii. 98 Your precious Peacock..was nothing but a low-down little drugger. I may smoke because I need it for my work, but she just drugged to make herself lower than she was. |