-leggercomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. organ-legger Brit.

/ˈɔːɡ(ə)nˌlɛɡə/, U.S.

/ˈɔrɡ(ə)nˌlɛɡər/.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bootlegger n.

Etymology: Shortened < bootlegger n., with reanalysis of that word as if formed < boot n.³ + the combining form. Compare slightly later legger n.³Formations are found from the early 20th cent. In quot. 1921 punningly after bootlegger n.

Forming compounds denoting a person who or organization which distributes or sells a specified product or commodity illegally, as book-legger, meat-legger, organ-legger, etc.

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1921 Trend 21 Nov. 259/2 [He sends] his order—and a fat check—to his favourite book-legger for unexpurgated editions.

1945 Chicago Daily News 12 July 12/2 Most of the counterfeits have been used by steakleggers down East.

1946 Listener 15 June 14/1 That assurance is even more important than ever in these days of ‘meat-leggers’ and unscrupulous butchers.

1969 J. Kirkup Streets of Asia ii. 75 Gangland battles and street fights are common between rival book-leggers gunning for the ‘rights’ to an Ian Fleming.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Apr. 451/5 A sinister group of organ-leggers who go beyond the resurrectionists and try to keep the hospitals supplied with adequate numbers of fresh organs for transplants.

1996 Sci. Amer. Mar. 8/1 Shadowy organ-leggers pluck victims off the street to extend the lives of the rich.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-legger
释义	-leggercomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. organ-legger Brit. /ˈɔːɡ(ə)nˌlɛɡə/, U.S. /ˈɔrɡ(ə)nˌlɛɡər/. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bootlegger n. Etymology: Shortened < bootlegger n., with reanalysis of that word as if formed < boot n.³ + the combining form. Compare slightly later legger n.³Formations are found from the early 20th cent. In quot. 1921 punningly after bootlegger n. Forming compounds denoting a person who or organization which distributes or sells a specified product or commodity illegally, as book-legger, meat-legger, organ-legger, etc. ΚΠ 1921 Trend 21 Nov. 259/2 [He sends] his order—and a fat check—to his favourite book-legger for unexpurgated editions. 1945 Chicago Daily News 12 July 12/2 Most of the counterfeits have been used by steakleggers down East. 1946 Listener 15 June 14/1 That assurance is even more important than ever in these days of ‘meat-leggers’ and unscrupulous butchers. 1969 J. Kirkup Streets of Asia ii. 75 Gangland battles and street fights are common between rival book-leggers gunning for the ‘rights’ to an Ian Fleming. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Apr. 451/5 A sinister group of organ-leggers who go beyond the resurrectionists and try to keep the hospitals supplied with adequate numbers of fresh organs for transplants. 1996 Sci. Amer. Mar. 8/1 Shadowy organ-leggers pluck victims off the street to extend the lives of the rich. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1921
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