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thigger Sc.|ˈθɪgə(r)|
[f. thig v. + -er1.]
One who thigs; a beggar, a cadger; an exactor of contributions; one who plants himself on others for assistance; ‘one who draws on others for subsistence in a genteel sort of way’ (Jamieson); a gaberlunzie or licensed beggar who went his regular rounds, and received a night's lodging and food at particular houses; also, any one who begged or solicited presents on certain recognized occasions, e.g. wedding-presents.
1424Sc. Acts Jas. I (1879) II. 8 Þat na thiggar be thollyt to thyg noþer in burghe nor to land. a1733Shetland Acts 4 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1892) XXVI. 196 That all thiggers of wool, corn, fish and others be apprehended wherever they come. 1822Scott Pirate v, Ye wadna have me waste our substance on every thigger or sorner that has the luck to come by the door in a wet day? 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Thiggers..are those who beg in a genteel way; who have their houses they call at in certain seasons, and get corn, and other little things. 1828Scott F. M. Perth ix, Such exaction, which more resembles the masterful license of Highland thiggers and sorners.
So ˈthigster [-ster] in same sense.
1710Dict. Feudal Law 151 Thigsters, are a sort of gentle Beggars. |