How to pronounce lugger
American English pronunciation
LUG-ur
- IPA
- /ˈlʌɡɚ/
- Syllables
- LUG · ur (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What lugger means
A small sailboat with two or three masts and four-sided sails
In a sentence: A fishing lugger slipped out of the harbor before sunrise.
Where it comes from: It possibly comes from lugsail, a kind of four-sided sail, plus -er. Some link it to an old Dutch word for a small fishing boat.
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