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▪ I. gagger1|ˈgægə(r)|
[f. gag v.1 + -er1.]
One who gags, in senses of the vb.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg (running title), An Answer to the late Gagger of Protestants. 1848Tait's Mag. XV. 524 The gagger of the press. 1871Daily News 14 Jan., The most incorrigible ‘gagger’ of his time. He said what he liked and almost did what he liked when on the stage. 1885Pall Mall G. 13 July 1/2 The rule..from which, if the gaggers [sc. of the press] will leave us alone, we have no intention to depart.
Hence ˈgaggership nonce-wd., a mock title of address.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 287 Your Gaggership.
▪ II. ˈgagger2
Also gager.
[? f. gag v.2 + -er1.]
(See quots.)
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Gagger, a lifter used by the founder, consisting of a light T-shaped piece of iron. 1888Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin., Gaggers or Gagers, short conical or pyramidal projections, cast upon core plates and the plates for loam moulds, to assist the adhesion of the loam. The term is sometimes applied also to lifters.
▪ III. gagger3 slang.|ˈgægə(r)|
[f. gag v.3 + -er1.]
One who ‘gags’, cheats, or hoaxes.
1781G. Parker View Soc. II. 154 The high gagger..The low gagger. 1819[Lockhart] Peter's Lett. to Kinsfolk III. 242 The solemn triumph of the Gagger, and the grim applause of the silent witnesses of his dexterity, are alike visible in their sparkling eyes. 1841Punch 23 Oct. I. 169 Men with ‘swallows’ like Thames tunnels: in fact accomplished gaggers. |