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Ligger vs Legger - What's the difference?

ligger | legger |

As nouns the difference between ligger and legger

is that ligger is the horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger while legger is short for a bootlegger.

ligger

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . See (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
  • A nether millstone.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.'' – "Peaches gets own band", ''The Sun , 29 Aug 2006
  • * The ligger caused a scene when he begged one reveller to find him some gear – and offered sexual favours in return.'' – "Wicked Whispers", ''The Mirror , 29 Jan 2005

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing.
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    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 Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)