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1old lag — n BrE old fashioned [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: lag to send to prison (1800 1900)] someone who has been in prison many times …
2old 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 …
3Old lag — 1. (history) ex convict; 2. recidivist (originally British slang, from 16th C. lag to carry off, steal) …
4old lag — Australian Slang 1. (history) ex convict; 2. recidivist (originally British slang, from 16th C. lag to carry off, steal) …
5old 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 …
6old lag — noun Etymology: lag (V) chiefly Britain : habitual criminal …
7old lag — noun BrE old fashioned someone who has been in prison many times …
8lag — 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… …
9old — 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… …
10Old — 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… …
