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lugger

UK /ˈlʌɡə/US /ˈlʌɡəɹ/

noun6

  1. A small sailing vessel having two or three masts and a running bowsprit, carrying lugsails.
  2. Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”).
  3. A person whose job involves moving or pulling heavy objects.
  4. A person hired to locate potential customers and bring them to a gambling establishment.
  5. (slang, disapproving) A rower who tends to rely on strength rather than technique.
  6. (US, slang) A con artist.

verb4

  1. To move heavily while, or as if, laden with goods; to lumber.
  2. Synonym of lug (“to drag or haul (someone or something, especially when heavy); to carry, to pull”).
  3. To sail a lugger.
  4. (figurative, no longer used) To tease (someone).
forms

luggered · luggering · luggers

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