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Definition of Liggers
1. ligger [n] - See also: ligger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Liggers
Literary usage of Liggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"liggers," c. 1474.—I should be obliged if any of your readers could give an
explanation of, or throw any light upon, the word " liggers " as used by William ..."
2. Journey from Riga to the Crimea: With Some Account of the Manners and by Mary Holderness (1827)
"The roof has rafters, crossed with liggers, upon which ashes, marl, or earth are
heaped; but all the more wealthy boors tile their houses. ..."
3. New Russia: Journey from Riga to the Crimea, by Way of Kiev; with Some by Mary Holderness (1823)
"The sheds, cow-houses, stables, and all that belongs to a Tatar farm-yard, is
equally composed of stakes and liggers, and made warm by being plastered with ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"A table-ra|>per, being appealed to, spelt out the name of the great unknown as
liggers. There was no liggers in the town, but there was a Liggins, ..."
5. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"Pike with liggers on these extensive waters is considered to be peculiar, and
affords great diversion, I may state that the ligger or trimmer is a long ..."
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