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- noun short for a
bootlegger - noun UK, 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.
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Examples
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How many times I can remember doing the old one legger threw the ice in the swamp when I was younger, and how after awhile when your leg is good and numb, how it almost seems warm maybe even hot.
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How many times I can remember doing the old one legger threw the ice in the swamp when I was younger, and how after awhile when your leg is good and numb, how it almost seems warm maybe even hot.
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This morning, my partner took the world's best four-legger into our super-excellent Vet to get all the vaccines updated, etc.
Pets in Mexico 2008
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Nieman Journalism Lab oppsummerer gode linker fra Twitter og Searchcowboys legger ut en ukentlig ...
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Well, that and every school picture taken of my two-legger between Grade 4 and Grade 11….
dorky jr high pic - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Thwee-legger is tuffee – we plai tuggawar liek wid doggee, an he strong.
U need - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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With her hair flowing in an intricate weave, her four-inch-long nails painted and pointed and her purple "" one-legger '' bodysuit baring a muscular leg, Griffith Joyner appeared cast for a fashion runway rather than a running track.
Death Catches Flojo 2008
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Ginger was also a "tripod", a three-legger, and we loved her.
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Its a Ghidinni self contained utility/legger pants press that has been pretty much dismantled.
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Det er voldtektsmenns eksistens som fratar kvinner friheten, ikke restriksjonene kvinner legger på seg selv for å unngå å bli voldtatt.
More on what women should do Torill 2007
sionnach commented on the word legger
A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on the boat with his legs reaching the tunnel wall, and push 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.
July 24, 2008
yarb commented on the word legger
A strange existence when you really imagine it - like being a trapped beetle. Kafkaesque.
July 24, 2008
bestiary commented on the word legger
that actually sounds pretty fun -- i've never really thought about this before, but people don't get enough opportunities to push off of things with their feet while not standing! the only two i can think of are playing "this swively-chair is now a means of transportation" and giving small-enough people airplane rides on your feet.
July 26, 2008
reesetee commented on the word legger
I wonder what kind of health insurance plan they had.
July 29, 2008
dontcry commented on the word legger
My physical therapist has plenty of gadgets for pushing things with feet while not standing!
July 29, 2008
reesetee commented on the word legger
Do they involve sailing under canal tunnels in a boat?
July 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word legger
I'm imagining ye olde Venetian video game which involves trying to cross a canal tunnel without being squished by a gondola being booted along.
July 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the word legger
At the end of a busy day, all the leggers get together for a big ale bash, known as a legger kegger.
July 30, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word legger
These days physical therapists probably deal more with carpal tunnels.
January 4, 2013