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▪ I. lagger, n.1|ˈlægə(r)|
[f. lag v.2 + -er1.]
1. One who lags or hangs back; a lingerer, loiterer.
1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xvii. 18 Theyr hole host..are all a horsebacke..without it be the traundals and laggers of the oost, who folow after a foote. 1682Dryden Duke of Guise iv. ii, The guard is mine, to..lash the laggers from the sight of day. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 286 The mob..lash the laggers along with great indignation. 1844Stanley Arnold I. iv. 235 Himself always keeping with the laggers, that none might strain their strength by trying to be in front with him. 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour li. 291 The laggers were stealing quietly up the lanes and by-roads. 1878F. A. Kemble Record Girlhood II. iv. 131 The laggers who would fain have fallen a few paces out of the sound of the dreary parrotry of her inventory.
2. slang. A sailor. [? A distinct word: cf. lage.]
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Lagger, a sailor.
▪ II. lagger, n.2 Cant.|ˈlægə(r)|
[f. lag v.3 or n.5]
A convict undergoing or having undergone penal servitude.
1819Sporting Mag. III. 230/2 The laggers had an interest as to the result. 1880Sir S. Lakeman Kaffir-Land 19 Many of them were what they termed at the Cape, laggers..men who, having got away from Norfolk Island, or other penfolds for black sheep, lag behind, under the guardianship of Dutch laws.
▪ III. lagger, n.3|ˈlægə(r)|
[f. lag v.4 + -er1.]
One who installs and maintains insulation for pipes, boilers, etc.
1915Census of England & Wales, 1911 X. 85 in Parl. Papers 1914–16 (Cd. 7660) LXXXI. 1 Boiler maker... Lagger. 1924Classification of Occupations (Registrar-General) 140/1 (Index), Lagger (boiler). 1971Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 73/2 A marked excess of deaths from lung cancer in laggers..were discovered from a study of union records and a follow-up of union members. 1980Times 27 May 2/1 On one side is the GMWU, who represent 27 laggers, or thermal insulation engineers, with 33 ancillary workers.
▪ IV. † ˈlagger, v. Obs.
[? f. lag v.2 + -er2; but cf. Icel. lakra to loiter.]
intr. To lag, linger, loiter.
c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue Ded. (1865) 2 Heere my harte laggared on the hope of your Majestie's judgement. 1622R. Preston Godly Man's Inquis. ii. 49 They shall neuer come to the Lord, that lagger by the way. |