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Egger vs Legger - What's the difference?

egger | legger |

As nouns the difference between egger and legger

is that egger is one who gathers eggs or egger can be any of various species of moth, especially the or egger can be one who eggs or incites while legger is short for a bootlegger.

egger

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who gathers eggs.
    • (wikipedia egger)

    Etymology 2

    (Bombyx quercus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various species of moth, especially the .

    • Etymology 3

    From

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who eggs or incites.

    • legger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • short for a bootlegger
    • "Oh, you mean the ex-legger the eldest girl picked up and went and married." - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler
  • (British, obsolete) A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic.
    • ---- ==Norwegian BokmÃ¥l==

    Verb

    (head)