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lug⋅ger

[luhg-er]
–noun Nautical.
a small ship lug-rigged on two or three masts.

Origin:
1785–95; lug(sail) + -er 1
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lug·ger   (lŭg'ər)   
n.  A small boat used for fishing, sailing, or coasting and having two or three masts, each with a lugsail, and two or three jibs set on the bowsprit.

[From lugsail.]
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