Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A protective casing of fire clay in which delicate ceramic articles are fired.
- noun Clay used to make ceramic casings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Another spelling of
saggar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.
- noun The clay of which such pots or cases are made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
box orcasing of clay used to protect delicateceramics duringfiring ; asaggar - noun slang term for a young male who wears
trousers very low on hiships , exposingunderwear and/or hisbuttocks or lower abdominals.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Do you end up with a deep burnt molasses Dulux colour chart sagger?
The Woman’s Right To Shoes Newmania 2007
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Do you end up with a deep burnt molasses Dulux colour chart sagger?
Archive 2007-10-21 Newmania 2007
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For pressing saggers, there needs to be enough distance to remove the sagger easily.
5. Semidry foaming 1991
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In fact, there is an entire section in the clay-shop devoted to nothing but sagger making.
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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"Is the same sort of clay sagger used for the glazed as well as for the unglazed wares?"
The Story of Porcelain Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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People mining sagger clay (used in pottery) get the same generous 14% federal depletion allowance accorded to people extracting clam shells, oyster shells and spodumene (never mind what that is).
Forbes.com: News 2011
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Dude, is this the same Russian anti-tank missile used in the '74 conflict against the Israelis? great video btw! no my friend, that was the "AT3 - sagger - Malyutka" guided missile (with wire) .. the Kornet-E started development in 1988 and used by the Russian army starting from 1994
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Ethan Allen 2010
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Hours before his James Madison football team's season-opener, Mickey Matthews strode into Gold's Gym for a workout late Saturday morning, looking less stressed than a mall-dwelling sagger.
Daily News-Record 2010
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Dude, is this the same Russian anti-tank missile used in the '74 conflict against the Israelis? great video btw! no my friend, that was the "AT3 - sagger - Malyutka" guided missile (with wire) .. the Kornet-E started development in 1988 and used by the Russian army starting from 1994
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Ethan Allen 2010
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Glover, a 29-year-old former sagger who still admits to an occasional offense, said kids today have taken the trend too far, exposing too much of their backsides.
frogapplause commented on the word sagger
I got swagger like a sagger with moves like Mick Jagger.
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September 29, 2011