lagger

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See also: lägger

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Etymology 1

lag +‎ -er

Noun

lagger (plural laggers)

  1. One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.
    • 1984, Wisconsin Economic Planning Information, page 75:
      The economic time series can be segregated into leaders, laggers and coinciders in relation to movements in aggregate economic activity.
  2. One who installs lagging.
    • 2001, Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard:
      In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers.
  3. (video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
  4. 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.
    • 1981, David L. Gold, Three New York Cityisms: Sliding Pond, Potsy, Akey, Jstor:
      In the 1950s, the game was called hopscotch and the object thrown a lagger /'lagar/. Lagger is apparently related to the verb lag.
  5. (slang) A police informant.
  6. (slang) A sailor.
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  • (police informant; sailor): John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Etymology 2

Blend of legal +‎ nagger

Noun

lagger (plural laggers)

  1. (slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.

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