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Definition of Leggers
1. legger [n] - See also: legger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leggers
Literary usage of Leggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive Handbook of the Cape Colony: Its Condition and Resources by John Noble (1875)
"... Wine, 1853 leggers ; Brandy, 288 leggers. Stellenbosch and Somerset West. ...
Wine, 10048 leggers; Brandy, 1017 leggers. Paarl and Wellington. ..."
2. History of South Africa Under the Administration of the Dutch East India by George McCall Theal (1897)
"The directors supposed that the reason might be the small size of the casks, and
therefore directed another trial to be made with half leggers instead of ..."
3. Excursions in Southern Africa, Including a History of the Cape Colony, an by Edward Delaval Hungerford Elers Napier (1849)
"DUMBER OF leggers OK WINE AND BRANDY BROUGHT INTO CAPE TOWN, AS PER MARKET BOOK.
The consumption of the Colonial wine in Cape Town and the neighbourhood is ..."
4. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"We had a cricket-match, one- armers versus one-leggers, and we one-leggers were
allowed to catch the ball in our hats; but the one- leggers lost as we were ..."
5. State of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1822 by William Wilberforce Bird (1823)
"Number of leggers of Wine and Brandy brought into Cape Town, as per Market Book.
- Year 1804 6016 511 Wiue. Brandy. 1805 5000 602 1806 4732 448 1807 ..."
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