English Explanatory Dictionary

thigger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who thigs or solicits subsistence from others; a beggar.

Word forms

thigger thiggers thiggar

Etymology

From Middle English *thiggere, equivalent to thig + -er. Cognate with Shetlandic tiggar (“beggar”), Danish tigger (“beggar”), Swedish tiggare (“beggar”).

Related words

thigster
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