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Definition of Drugger
1. n. A druggist.
Definition of Drugger
1. Noun. (obsolete) A druggist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drugger
1. one that drugs [n -S] - See also: drugs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drugger
Literary usage of Drugger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and by Thomas Davies (1818)
"... labours in parts of exertion, induced to divert and relax himself with some
low comick parts, and particularly Ahel drugger in Johnson's Alchymist. ..."
2. Principles of Legislation: From the Ms. of Jeremy Bentham ... By M. Dumont by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont, John Neal, Jean-Charles-Léonard Sismondi (1830)
"Bentham's Reminiscences—Garrick in Abel drugger—Effect of old age— ... He had
seen Garrick in his best character—Abel drugger, and remembered him perfectly. ..."
3. Dramatic Essays by William Hazlitt, William Archer, Robert William Lowe (1818)
"KEAN'S ZANGA AND ABEL drugger. Examiner, May 28, 1815. MR. KEAN played for his
benefit on Wednesday the character of Zanga, in The Revenge (which he is to ..."
4. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language (1804)
"Got off from Subtle, Surly, Mammon, Dol, Hot Ananias, Dapper, drugger, all With
whom I traded ; yet I put myself On you that are my country; and this pelf, ..."
5. The Life of Edmund Kean by Barry Cornwall (1835)
"REUBEN GLENROY — RICHARD THE SECOND — ZANGA—ABEL drugger—KEAN'S COMEDY—MRS.
GARRICK AGAiN—PRESENTS. KEAN'S triumphs had hitherto been confined to land; ..."
6. A View of the English Stage...: Or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms by William Hazlitt, W. Spencer Jackson (1906)
"Mr. Kean's Abel drugger was an exquisite piece of ludicrous naivete. The first
word he utters, " .Swr,"6 drew bursts of laughter and applause. ..."
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