leggo

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leggo

  1. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let go.
    • 1949, William Lindsay Gresham, Limbo Tower, page 87:
      He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You’ll start hemorrhaging and they’ll blame me."
    • 1966, Richard Johns, Pagany, page 120:
      Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him.
    • 2005, Christine M McMahon, Choices Made: The Street Years:
      “Hey, leggo,” Nick said pushing Jamy back a little. “What are you doin’?” “I just wanted to hug you.”
  2. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let's go. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

leggo (plural leggos)

  1. A form of calypso music; lavway.

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Verb

leggo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leggere

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