An archaic and dialectal British term for a lame person or cripple, now entirely obsolete and potentially offensive by modern standards given contemporary sensitivities around disability language. Found in historical dictionaries of British dialect and slang. Has no meaningful circulation in contemporary speech. Primarily of interest to researchers of historical English dialect, etymology, and the evolution of disability language.
The Victorian slang dictionary listed lammiger among dozens of terms for physical conditions that would be considered deeply offensive today.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A lame person; a cripple.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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