staggedadj.
/staɡd/ = stag-headed adj. 2.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [adjective] > of or relating to tree-tops > having particular type of tree-top
high-headed1562
low-headed1738
stag-headed1770
mushroom-headed1832
stag-horned1853
heavy-headed1886
stagged1891
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Oct. 6/3 One or two ‘old stagers’ are no doubt decrepit, but, inasmuch as none are ‘stagged’ in the branches, their vitality cannot be seriously impaired.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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stagged
stagged adj. (of trousers) cut off short; also with off.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of
un-codpieced1580
canioned1607
braceless1859
bell-bottom1882
broad-beamed1883
kneed1887
bell-bottomed1891
fall-front1899
stagged1902
pegged1905
pedal pusher1912
pipestem1915
drainpipe1930
chino1943
anti-g1945
low-rise1948
cuffless1957
low-riding1958
hip-hugging1968
plus twos1977
1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxvii. 190 A gigantic young riverman in the conventional stagged (i.e. chopped off) trousers.
1933 E. Hemingway Winner take Nothing 29 He wore stagged trousers and lumbermen's rubbers and a mackinaw shirt.
1956 H. S. M. Kemp Northern Trader 114 He had the mackinaw shirt and stagged-off pants, [etc.].
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adj.1891as lemmas