lagger
nounEtymology Blend of legal + nagger.
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Slang A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.
lagger
nounEtymology From lag + -er.
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One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.
- The economic time series can be segregated into leaders, laggers and coinciders in relation to movements in aggregate economic activity.1984, Wisconsin Economic Planning Information, page 75:
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One who installs lagging.
- In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers.2001, Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard:
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Video games Informal A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
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A marker used in the game of hopscotch.
- 2015 Kathleen, Kage, and the Company, Laggers. Laggers, Dear Readers, in case you grew up ignorant of hopscotch, are the markers you use when playing the game.
- In the 1950s, the game was called hopscotch and the object thrown a lagger /'lagar/. Lagger is apparently related to the verb lag.1981, David L. Gold, Three New York Cityisms: Sliding Pond, Potsy, Akey, Jstor:
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Slang A police informant.
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Slang A sailor.
- Related terms
- jet-lagger