draggern.
/ˈdraɡə/ 1. One who drags: in various senses of the verb.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > one who or that which
drawer1294
puller1332
dragger?a1500
haler1534
hauler1674
draughtsman1795
trailer1808
tractor1856
?a1500 in Audelay's Poems (Percy Soc.) Notes 85 Jangler cum jasper, lepar, galper quoque, draggar.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Oncimatore, a hooker or a dragger.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sarpatore, a puller, a drawer, a tugger, or a dragger.
1724 Session Minutes in Cramond Ch. of Rathven 60 Anent the ware draggers, there being ane act against dragging ware on Sabbath.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 4 [It] Resists each pull, and 'gainst the dragger, drags.
2. spec.
a. One who uses a drag or dredge.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching by dredging for anything under water > one who
sweeper1775
dragger1887
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > divers or dredgers > [noun] > dredger
dragger1887
dredger1887
dragsman1896
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 8/2 Even when the tide was quite down, the draggers encountered almost insuperable difficulties.
b. A street-seller of small wares.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > street vendor
costermonger?1518
street vendor1840
street trader1845
coster1851
handseller1851
patterer1851
umbrella man1851
gutter-man1892
dragger1896
gutter-merchant1896
pitcher1896
pitchman1914
pitchwoman1927
barrow boy1939
fly-pitcher1965
mama put1979
1896 Daily News 26 Feb. 6/3 These men..technically termed ‘draggers’, frequent the City, and..are to be found cheek by jowl with the greatest children of commerce.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > of vehicles
dragger1781
dragsman1819
1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 151 The Rum Dragger..follows..waggons on horseback, and counterfeiting drunkenness, rides up against the shaft-horses, or strikes against the wheels.
Compounds
†draggerman n. one who fishes with a dragnet.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > using net > using drag-net
drayman1584
draggerman1630
drag-man1678
1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 77 No Draggerman that..doth use to drag for Shrimps.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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n.?a1500- for value received
- for want of
- for want of a better name
- for want of prosecution
- for what
- for what etc care
- for what etc know
- for what i care
- for what i know
- for what it's worth
- for what you care
- for what you know
- for whon
- for whon that
- for why
- for why that
- for wilnesful
- for wood
- for world
- for worship
- for wreak of
- for year and year
- for year into year
- for yonks
- for yore