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slagger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈslæɡ.ɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈslæɡ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From slag + -er.

Meanings

1. One who slags.
   • The proper response to slagging is to laugh at oneself while “getting back” at one′s slagger. 1999, Elizabeth A. Throop, Net Curtains and Closed Doors: Intimacy, Family, and Public Life in Dublin, page 54:
2. One who works with slag.
   • Miravich closes his eyes and remembers his days as a slagger. When a mold is full, a slagger moves in with his tool, a technological marvel othereise known as a board slightly larger than a two-by-four. He leans out over the track and skims slag off the top of the boiling steel, risking what is called “catching a flyer,” which occurs when hot metal explodes out of the mold, spraying everyone in the vicinity. 2009, John Hoerr, Monongahela Dusk, page 255:

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