Lag (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Lag

A man transported. The cove was lagged for a drag. The man was transported for stealing something out of a waggon.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

See also the definition in Nathan Bailey's 1736 dictionary of canting and thieving slang.

Lady Dacre’s Wine * Lag Fever

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