Illustration of lugger
: a small fishing or coasting boat that carries one or more lugsails
lug·gar
variants
or less commonly lugger
plural -s
: any of several large Asiatic falcons of dull brown color
especially
: a gyrfalcon (Falco jugger) of India that somewhat resembles the American prairie falcon
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
—Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
—Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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Noun
The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
—Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
The upshot will be a mid-sized load-lugger that will hammers to 62mph in 3.6 seconds and from zero to 124mph in only 12.9 seconds, so the Europeans had better pack that luggage in snugly.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 22 June 2022
The wooden boats competed in skiff, workboat, lugger, trawler, runabout, sailboat and cruiser classes.
—Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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“Lugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lugger. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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lugger
noun
lug·ger
ˈləg-ər 
: a boat that carries one or more lugsails
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