gegger

noun — 2 senses

noun

UK /ˈɡɛɡə/ · SC, US /ˈɡɛɡər/

UK, Derogatory, Slang Someone who does not conform to "chav" or "goth" stereotypes.

noun

Etymology From gegg (“hoax, trick”) + -er.

Scotland, Archaic One who tricks someone else.

The street was, for a moment, in confusion; when no sooner did the geggers see that the fall would be broken, […]1864 January 23, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries, page 342:

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