mauger
/ˈmɔːɡə/adjective
Regional (now chiefly Caribbean ). Of a person: thin, lean, skinny. Also ( United States regional ): weak, feeble, sickly.
Origin
Mid 18th century. Perhaps from Dutch mager meagre, lean; probably showing independent borrowings in Jamaican and U.S. regional English.
- light gun
- light-haired
- light-headed
- light-headedly
- light-headedness
- light-hearted
- light-heartedly
- light-heartedness
- light heavyweight
- lighthouse
- lighthouse keeper
- light industry
- lighting
- plate-marked
- plate matter
- plate metal
- plate mill
- platen
- plate nail
- platen knob
- platen machine
- platen press
- platen printing machine
- platen roller
- plate number