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 or casing of clay used to protect delicate ceramics during firing; a saggar
  • noun slang term for a young male who wears trousers very low on his hips, exposing underwear and/or his buttocks or lower abdominals.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps alteration of safeguard.]

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Examples

  • Do you end up with a deep burnt molasses Dulux colour chart sagger?

    The Woman’s Right To Shoes Newmania 2007

  • Do you end up with a deep burnt molasses Dulux colour chart sagger?

    Archive 2007-10-21 Newmania 2007

  • For pressing saggers, there needs to be enough distance to remove the sagger easily.

    5. Semidry foaming 1991

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2008

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  • I got swagger like a sagger with moves like Mick Jagger.

    (via twitter)

    September 29, 2011