legger
English
editNoun
editlegger (plural leggers)
- (informal) A bootlegger.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep:
- Oh, you mean the ex-legger the eldest girl picked up and went and married.
- (British, obsolete) A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic.
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editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch legger. Equivalent to leggen + -er. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Some of the senses actually arise from liggen, per Etymologiebank
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlegger m (plural leggers, diminutive leggertje n)
Lombard
editEtymology
editAkin to Italian leggero, from Latin levis. Compare also French léger.
Adjective
editlegger
- light (of weight)
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editlegger m
- indefinite plural of legg
Verb
editlegger
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editlegger m
- indefinite plural of legg
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editlegger
- (nonstandard) present of leggja
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