LAGGED, transported for a crime.
LAGGER, a sailor.
LAME DUCK, a stock jobber who speculates beyond his capital and cannot
pay his losses. Upon retiring from the Exchange he is said to “waddle
out of the Alley.”
LAMMING, a beating.—_Old English_, LAM; used by _Beaumont and Fletcher_.
LAND LUBBER, sea term for a “landsman.”—_See_ LOAFER.
LAND-SHARK, a sailor’s definition of a lawyer.
LAP THE GUTTER, to get drunk.
LARK, fun, a joke; “let’s have a jolly good LARK,” let us have a
piece of fun. _Mayhew_ calls it “a convenient word covering much
mischief.”—_Anglo Saxon_, LAC, sport; but more probably from the
nautical term SKYLARKING, _i.e._, mounting to the highest yards and
sliding down the ropes for amusement, which is allowed on certain
occasions.
LARRUP, to beat, or thrash.