Ligger vs Lagger - What's the difference?
ligger | lagger |
(slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry.
* Peaches Geldof may be a top showbiz ligger – but now she’s got a group of her own.'' –
* The ligger caused a scene when he begged one reveller to find him some gear – and offered sexual favours in return.'' –
One who installs lagging.
* 2001 , Geoffrey Tweedale, Philip Hansen, Magic Mineral to Killer Dust: Turner & Newall and the Asbestos Hazard
(video games, informal) A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
(slang) A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.
As a noun ligger
is the horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger or ligger can be (slang) a freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music industry or ligger can be a baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.As a verb lagger is
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Etymology 1
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Noun
(en noun)"Peaches gets own band", ''The Sun , 29 Aug 2006
"Wicked Whispers", ''The Mirror , 29 Jan 2005
Etymology 3
lagger
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Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers .