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  1. A laggard. Whether you prove a lagger in the race, Or with a vigorous ardour urge your pace, I shall maintain my usual rate, no more. Francis, tr. of Horace's Epistles, ii., To Lollius.
  2. A narrow strip of ground.
  3. A green lane. [Prov. Eng. in both senses.]
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  • It means that, unless the Austrians keep a steady flow of blood running in the Piazza, my friend Carlo has lost his livelihood as the premier coin-lagger in Venice. —  Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard
  • The Hetman in his sable cloak met her at the entrance to the lagger, backed by a mob of armed men with fierce tattooed faces. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • When she got to the kill site, the wagon lagger was gone. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • Turning her back on the wagon lagger, The-Mare-that-Kills-with-Mercy set off over the Laughing Steppe, with her new-found niece and foster sister in tow By R. Garcia y Robertson Copyright of Fantasy ; Science Fiction is the property of Spilogale, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • Fraghype lagger who lives below the border of U. S.A zid: / dRew is really underrated but yet a great player lol #8 .. —  GotFrag eSports Stories
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from lag+ - er.
  2. Prob. a dial. variant of layer, as ligger of lier.
 

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