Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A laggard.
  • noun A narrow strip of ground.
  • noun A green lane.
  • noun Same as lag, n., 5.
  • noun A sailor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A laggard.

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  • noun One who installs lagging.
  • noun video games, informal A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
  • noun slang A member of support staff responsible for contacting lawyers to check how a case is progressing.

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  • noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Etymologies

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Blend of legal and nagger

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lag +‎ -er

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  • A narrow strip of ground.

    An old provincial term recorded in Gloucestershire.

    May 2, 2011