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  • verb Present participle of lig.

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Examples

  • Hurley may have the emotional range of an Easter Island statue and Anderson may have been through more deadbeat boyfriends than Alicia Douvall but, as stalwarts on the celeb ligging circuit, they've put in a shift with the best of them.

    Danny Dyer's revealed he was pals with Pinter. An odd couple, but look at these James Donaghy 2010

  • Because Simon and Peter had plans to go through to Biggar to visit Alan & Kara and Kara's folks and stay for the night; and while I was enjoying my role as drunken ligging bum of a hanger-on, I was supposedly meeting up with some mates for Sunday brunch.

    Weekend Wastrelry Hal Duncan 2006

  • Presumably the man will go to jail, continue to pass go for his salary, and resume his nefarious ligging on his release.

    Tom Not-so-Wise ex-UKIP MEP: Arrested For Fraud 2008

  • Because Simon and Peter had plans to go through to Biggar to visit Alan & Kara and Kara's folks and stay for the night; and while I was enjoying my role as drunken ligging bum of a hanger-on, I was supposedly meeting up with some mates for Sunday brunch.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • I am however Dep Chairman of Islington North Conservatives now and that will give me many a Boris ligging opportunity.

    Ten Top Trivia Tips about Cthulhu! « raincoaster 2007

  • Later I climbed to row 45 of the upper tier to check out the view from what I guess will be the worst seat in Wembley - and one any self-respecting ligging hack hopes never to occupy.

    The Wembley Coliseum ROB McGIBBON 2007

  • Later I climbed to row 45 of the upper tier to check out the view from what I guess will be the worst seat in Wembley - and one any self-respecting ligging hack hopes never to occupy.

    Archive 2007-03-01 ROB McGIBBON 2007

  • They, like myself, seem to be dedicated to ligging as much as possible during the Fringe.

    The lunatic Fringe... 2005

  • They, like myself, seem to be dedicated to ligging as much as possible during the Fringe.

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

  • Ligging was first spotted by the OxfordEnglish Dictionary in 1960—“the mere ‘ligging’ layabout.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

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  • In Florida, collecting or observing (in nature) tree snails of the genus Liguus.

    August 7, 2008