Etymology

lugger

lug·ger
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Today it means: Someone or something that lugs (“drags or hauls, especially something heavy”). Full definition →

First used 20th c.
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lugger · noun, verb1

From lug (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, and frequentative verbs).

lugger · noun, verb2

The noun is possibly from lug(sail) (“quadrilateral sail bent upon a yard that crosses the mast obliquely”) + -er (suffix forming nouns relating to the root words such as by location or purpose), but compare Dutch logger (“small sailing vessel, lugger”), possibly from Middle Dutch loggen, luggen (“to fish with a dragnet”). The verb is derived from the noun.

lugger · noun3

A variant of laggar.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. A con artist.

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