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English
Etymology
From peg + -er.
Noun
pegger (plural peggers)
- A person who pegs (in any sense).
- (slang, archaic) A regular drinker of alcohol, especially brandy and soda.
- (historical) A person who, or machine that, attached the uppers to the soles of shoes using wooden pegs (shoepegs).
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary