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old lag

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  • old lag — n BrE old fashioned [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: lag to send to prison (1800 1900)] someone who has been in prison many times …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • old lag — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms old lag : singular old lag plural old lags British old fashioned someone who has been in prison many times …   English dictionary

  • Old lag — 1. (history) ex convict; 2. recidivist (originally British slang, from 16th C. lag to carry off, steal) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • old lag — Australian Slang 1. (history) ex convict; 2. recidivist (originally British slang, from 16th C. lag to carry off, steal) …   English dialects glossary

  • old lag — n British a recidivist, habitual offender or former prisoner. Lag is an elastic term which, since the early 19th century, has encom passed imprisonment, sentencing, a notion of transportation or simply a con vict …   Contemporary slang

  • old lag — noun Etymology: lag (V) chiefly Britain : habitual criminal …   Useful english dictionary

  • old lag — noun BrE old fashioned someone who has been in prison many times …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lag — lag1 [lag] vi. lagged, lagging [? akin to obs. Dan lakke, to go slowly] 1. a) to fall, move, or stay behind; loiter; linger b) to move or develop more slowly than expected, desired, etc.; be retarded in motion, development, etc. 2. to become… …   English World dictionary

  • old — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Old — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lag — I UK [læɡ] / US verb Word forms lag : present tense I/you/we/they lag he/she/it lags present participle lagging past tense lagged past participle lagged 1) [intransitive] to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or… …   English dictionary

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