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laggen-gird

[lag-uhn-gurd, lag-uhn-gird]

noun

Scot. and North England.

  1. the bottom hoop securing the staves of a tub or barrel.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of laggen-gird1

First recorded in 1710–20
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

  1. cast a laggen-gird, to sire an illegitimate child.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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