Lags vs Blags - What's the difference?
lags | blags |
(blag)
(British, informal, transitive) To obtain (something) for free, particularly by guile or persuasion.
(British, informal) More specifically, to obtain confidential information by impersonation or other deception.
(British, informal, transitive) To beg, to cadge.
(UK, informal, transitive) To steal.
(Polari) To pick up someone.
To persuade.
To deceive, to perpetrate a hoax on.
(British, informal) A means of obtaining something by trick or deception.
An armed robbery.
(British, informal) Fake, not genuine.
As a noun lags
is plural of lang=en.As a verb blags is
third-person singular of blag.blags
English
Verb
(head)blag
English
Verb
(blagg)- The newspaper is accused of blagging details of Gordon Brown's flat purchase from his solicitors.
- Can I blag a fag?
- He's blagged his way into many a party.
Synonyms
* pretextNoun
(en noun)- A good blag to get into a nightclub is to walk in carrying a record box.
Adjective
(en adjective)- You’re wearing a blag designer shirt!
Derived terms
* blagger, BlaggerExternal links
*blag] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary----