Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamiger
Literary usage of Lamiger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... Bibliografía de la Segunda Guerra de Independencia Cubana Y de la by Carlos Manuel Trelles (1902)
"lamiger D. Kocen: México and the Hispano American, conflict. (Westminster Rev., Jul.
98. ... lamiger ..."
2. A General Dictionary of Provincialisms by William Holloway (1839)
"lamiger, adj. [Lam. Lama. Sax. lame, LAMB-PIE, s. A ludicrous term for beating
crippled. ... [See lamiger,] Lamed, hurt. Exmoor. LAMB-STORMS, s. ..."
3. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"A cripple. Who d'ee think I zeed ? why, th' old Jim Baker. I 'ant-a zeed-nz years.
Poor old fuller, he's a come to a proper old lamiger wi' two sticks. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"LAME, (1) ». (A.-S.) Loam; mud. (2) mli'. Often. See Lome. LAMEN, s. An amulet.
LAMETER, ». A lame man. North. lamiger, s. A cripple. West. ..."
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