dragger|ˈdrægə(r)|[f.drag v. + -er1.]1.One who drags: in various senses of thevb.a1500inAudelay's Poems (PercySoc.) Notes 85Jangler cum jasper, lepar, galper quoque, draggar.
1598Florio,Oncimatore, a hooker or a dragger.
Ibid.,Sarpatore, a puller, a drawer, a tugger, or a dragger.
1724Session Minutes in Cramond Ch.of Rathven 60Anent the ware draggers, there being ane act against dragging ware on Sabbath.
1854BadhamHalieut. 4[It]Resists each pull, and 'gainst the dragger, drags.
2.spec.a.One who uses a drag or dredge.b.A street-seller of small wares.1887Pall Mall G. 23 Aug. 8/2Even when the tide was quite down, the draggers encountered almost insuperable difficulties.
1896Daily News 26 Feb. 6/3These men..technically termed ‘draggers’, frequent the City, and..are to be found cheek by jowl with the greatest children of commerce.
†3.One who robs vehicles:cf.dragn.8. slang.1781G. ParkerViewSoc.II. 151.
4.Comb., as †draggerman, one who fishes with a drag-net.1630[see drag v. 7 b].
