old lagn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈlaɡ/, U.S.

/ˈoʊ(ld) ˈlæɡ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., lag n.⁵

Etymology: < old adj. + lag n.⁵ Compare old hand n.

slang.

1. Chiefly Australian. A former convict, esp. one who was transported or sentenced to penal servitude.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > former convict > esp. previously transported

old lag1819

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 193 Old lag, a man or woman who has been transported, is so called on returning home.

1853 A. Kinloch Murray River 19 They were probably ci devant convicts, or, as they are here termed, ‘old lags’.

1863 S. C. Massett Drifting About xc. 292 The distinguished carcase of a man vulgarly called an old ‘lag’, who may have left his native land for..‘murder’.

1900 Gentleman's Mag. June 525 He's murdered Waite, that's what it is. That fellow's an old lag, take my word for it. What else does he go wandering about the bush for in that way?

1935 H. McCrae My Father 73 Ulladulla..was a convict settlement, populated by timber-getters, old lags, bullock-drivers.

1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 48 Another old lag..used to make dud two-bobs for a sideline.

2. A hardened or habitual prisoner; a recidivist. In extended use: = old hand n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail

Newgate bird1580

bridewell bird1590

jail-bird1603

prison-birda1640

old hand1826

repeater1873

old lag1910

loser1912

in-and-out boy1937

1910 J. Galsworthy Justice iii. i. 62 Yes, sir—fourth spell of penal. You'd think an old lag like him would have more sense by now.

1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 131 God knows what sort of awful snobbery the presence of a ‘public schoolman’ arouses among the old lags, or the warders too for that matter.

1986 A. Powell Fisher King xxiv. 150 One is always reading of the overcrowding in prisons, how young offenders are confined with old lags.

1996 Guardian 7 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 8/1 Some old lags say there is a way to learn: cycling around a silodrome on a bicycle at first beats the feeling of giddiness.

2000 Heat 13 Jan. 4/2 The old lags are still streets ahead as British music's biggest earners.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old lag
释义	old lagn. Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈlaɡ/, U.S. /ˈoʊ(ld) ˈlæɡ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., lag n.⁵ Etymology: < old adj. + lag n.⁵ Compare old hand n. slang. 1. Chiefly Australian. A former convict, esp. one who was transported or sentenced to penal servitude. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > former convict > esp. previously transported old lag1819 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 193 Old lag, a man or woman who has been transported, is so called on returning home. 1853 A. Kinloch Murray River 19 They were probably ci devant convicts, or, as they are here termed, ‘old lags’. 1863 S. C. Massett Drifting About xc. 292 The distinguished carcase of a man vulgarly called an old ‘lag’, who may have left his native land for..‘murder’. 1900 Gentleman's Mag. June 525 He's murdered Waite, that's what it is. That fellow's an old lag, take my word for it. What else does he go wandering about the bush for in that way? 1935 H. McCrae My Father 73 Ulladulla..was a convict settlement, populated by timber-getters, old lags, bullock-drivers. 1977 B. Scott My Uncle Arch 48 Another old lag..used to make dud two-bobs for a sideline. 2. A hardened or habitual prisoner; a recidivist. In extended use: = old hand n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail Newgate bird1580 bridewell bird1590 jail-bird1603 prison-birda1640 old hand1826 repeater1873 old lag1910 loser1912 in-and-out boy1937 1910 J. Galsworthy Justice iii. i. 62 Yes, sir—fourth spell of penal. You'd think an old lag like him would have more sense by now. 1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 131 God knows what sort of awful snobbery the presence of a ‘public schoolman’ arouses among the old lags, or the warders too for that matter. 1986 A. Powell Fisher King xxiv. 150 One is always reading of the overcrowding in prisons, how young offenders are confined with old lags. 1996 Guardian 7 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 8/1 Some old lags say there is a way to learn: cycling around a silodrome on a bicycle at first beats the feeling of giddiness. 2000 Heat 13 Jan. 4/2 The old lags are still streets ahead as British music's biggest earners. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819
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