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  • noun Plural form of lugger.

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Examples

  • "You see," said the lieutenant, pursuing a conversation which he had been holding with the captain, "I have been told that Big Swankie, and his mate Davy Spink (who, it seems, is not over-friendly with him just now), mean to visit one of the luggers which is expected to come in to-night, before the moon rises, and bring off some kegs of

    The Lighthouse 1859

  • Yawing and reeling and plunging, like luggers before the wind, the sleds swept wildly upon them.

    A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA 2010

  • Gee! the men cried, each in turn, as their sleds abruptly left the main-trail, heeling over on single runners like luggers on the wind.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • Gee! the men cried, each in turn, as their sleds abruptly left the main-trail, heeling over on single runners like luggers on the wind.

    An Odyssey of the North 2010

  • Both avid dog walkers and lazy leash luggers alike will find a new spring in their step with these tips for a truly fur-tastic summer.

    Wendy Diamond: The 9 Most Important Tips to Help Your Pet Beat the Heat (PHOTOS) 2010

  • Both avid dog walkers and lazy leash luggers alike will find a new spring in their step with these tips for a truly fur-tastic summer.

    Wendy Diamond: The 9 Most Important Tips to Help Your Pet Beat the Heat (PHOTOS) 2010

  • There they all were: replicas of the Cutty Sark, the Victory and the Golden Hind, plus a few nice old luggers.

    First toys, then models and now works of art 2010

  • For 50 miles up and down the river, dozens of shrimp trawlers, oyster luggers, and sportsfishing yachts are jammed into corners of communities or left high and dry on the marsh.

    A Ravaged Coast 2007

  • For 50 miles up and down the river, dozens of shrimp trawlers, oyster luggers, and sportsfishing yachts are jammed into corners of communities or left high and dry on the marsh.

    A Ravaged Coast 2007

  • This was a pleasant enough way of passing the minutes with such a tender interview in prospect; and as he leant he looked with languid and luxurious interest through the open casement at the spars and rigging of some luggers on the Seine, the pillars of the suspension bridge, and the scenery of the Faubourg St. Sever on the other side of the river.

    The Hand of Ethelberta 2006

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