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单词 gagger
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gaggern.1

/ˈɡaɡə/
Etymology: < gag v.1 + -er suffix1.
One who gags, in senses of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > that which > one who
forbidderc1449
preventera1578
stayer1597
gagger1624
impeacher1641
ear guard1647
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor by manner of performance
tear-mouth1616
tear-throat1620
spouter1750
stick1801
gagger1871
facialist1877
fake1880
hamfatter1880
ham1882
mugger1892
ham-bone1893
upstager1933
rhubarber1953
1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? i. 1 (running title) An Ansvvere to the late Gagger of Protestants.
1848 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 15 524 The gagger of the press.
1871 Daily 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.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 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.

Derivatives

ˈgaggership n. a mock title of address.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xlii. 287 Your Gaggership.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

gaggern.2

Forms: Also gager.
Etymology: ? < gag v.2 + -er suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgagger.
(See quots.)
ΚΠ
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Gagger, a lifter used by the founder, consisting of a light T-shaped piece of iron.
1888 Lockwood'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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

gaggern.3

/ˈɡaɡə/
Etymology: < gag v.3 + -er suffix1.
slang.
One who ‘gags’, cheats, or hoaxes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun]
shondc725
faitoura1340
fob1393
trumper?c1450
feature14..
chuffera1500
prowler1519
truphane1568
cozener1575
cogger1580
pretender1583
impostor1586
mountebank1589
sycophant?1589
foolmonger1593
affronter1598
assumer1600
knight (also lord, man, etc.) of gingerbread1602
pettifogger1602
budgeter1603
quacksalver1611
empiric1614
putter-off?1615
quack1638
stafador1638
saltimbanco1646
adventurer1648
fourbe1668
shammer1677
imposer1678
charlatana1680
sham1683
cheat1687
hocus1692
gull1699
shamster1716
coal-blower1720
humbugger1752
gagger1781
fudge1794
humbug1804
potwalloper1820
twister1834
jackleg1844
fraud1850
bunyip1852
empiricist1854
Bayswater Captain1880
bluffer1888
putter-down1906
quandong1939
1781 G. Parker View Society & Manners II. 154 The high gagger..The low gagger.
1819 J. G. 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.
1841 Punch 23 Oct. 169 Men with ‘swallows’ like Thames tunnels: in fact accomplished gaggers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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