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# short for a [[bootlegger]]
# {{lb|en|informal}} A [[bootlegger]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1939|author=w:Raymond Chandler|title=w:The Big Sleep
#: ''"Oh, you mean the ex-'''legger''' the eldest girl picked up and went and married."'' - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
|passage=Oh, you mean the ex-'''legger''' the eldest girl picked up and went and married.}}
# {{context|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.
# {{lb|en|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.


===See also===
[[Category:en:Occupations]]
* {{l|en|thousand-legger}}


===Anagrams===
[[mg:legger]]
* {{anagrams|en|a=eegglr|eggler}}
[[nl:legger]]

{{C|en|Occupations|People}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nl|dum|legger}}. Equivalent to {{suf|nl|leggen|er|id2=agent noun}}. {{etystub|nl|Some of the senses actually arise from {{m|nl|liggen}}, per Etymologiebank}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈlɛ.ɣər/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-legger.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|leg|ger}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɛɣər}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-s|+}}

# an [[animal]] that lays [[egg]]s, especially an egg-producing [[bird]]
# a [[ledger]], [[register]] {{gloss|book for keeping records and/or notes}}
# {{lb|nl|textual criticism}} a [[vorlage]] {{gloss|edition of a text that is the immediate predecessor or one of the immediate predecessors of another edition}}

==Lombard==

===Etymology===
Akin to {{cog|it|leggero}}, from Latin ''[[levis]]''. Compare also {{cog|fr|léger}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|lmo|adjective}}

# [[light]] (of weight)

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# person, machine or similar that places something
# layman

====Derived terms====
{{col3|nb
|minelegger
|planlegger
|rørlegger
}}

===Noun===
{{head|nb|noun form|g=m}}

# {{inflection of|nb|legg||indefinite|p}}

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|nb|legge||pres|actv}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology 1===
{{nonlemma}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|leggar}}

====Noun====
{{head|nn|noun form|g=m}}

# {{inflection of|nn|legg||indefinite|p}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|legg}}

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verb form}}

# {{lb|nn|nonstandard}} {{infl of|nn|leggja||pres}}

Latest revision as of 14:19, 21 October 2024

English

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Noun

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legger (plural leggers)

  1. (informal) A bootlegger.
  2. (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.

See also

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From 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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɣər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: leg‧ger
  • Rhymes: -ɛɣər

Noun

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legger m (plural leggers, diminutive leggertje n)

  1. an animal that lays eggs, especially an egg-producing bird
  2. a ledger, register (book for keeping records and/or notes)
  3. (textual criticism) a vorlage (edition of a text that is the immediate predecessor or one of the immediate predecessors of another edition)

Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian leggero, from Latin levis. Compare also French léger.

Adjective

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legger

  1. light (of weight)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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legger m (definite singular leggeren, indefinite plural leggerer, definite plural leggerene)

  1. person, machine or similar that places something
  2. layman

Derived terms

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Noun

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legger m

  1. indefinite plural of legg

Verb

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legger

  1. present active of legge

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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legger m

  1. indefinite plural of legg

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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legger

  1. (nonstandard) present of leggja
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