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Definition of Luggers
1. lugger [n] - See also: lugger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luggers
Literary usage of Luggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Construction, Rigging, & Handling of Model Yachts, Ships by Tyrrel E. Biddle (1883)
"The lug rig is easy to fit, and, when the masts are properly placed, even excels
the Schooner for reaching purposes ; but luggers, owing to a portion of the ..."
2. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1851)
"... smuggling luggers, which are now lying quite useless in the Pent at Dover,
and which are peculiarly adapted to the purpose without any expence to ..."
3. History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil by Edward Baines (1855)
"... under the fire of their cannon. in driving two of the enemy's brigs, ami two
luggers, with fifteen of their convoy, on shore on the coast of Normandy. ..."
4. Under Five Reigns by Dorothy Nevill (1910)
"IV A South African letter—Australian Walpoles—A link with the past—Old days in
Sussex—Deal luggers and Hastings gospel ships—Sussex pigs—Black ..."
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