lagger n.2
1. a convict.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Sporting Mag. III. 230/2: The laggers had an interest as to the result . | |
| Anecdotes of the Turf, the Chase etc. 288: I beg pardon, Bob and brother laggers. | |
| Heart of London II i: craig: Lagger Jack. jack: Here. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | (con. 1820s) Settlers & Convicts 13: The blue jacket and trousers of the English lagger. |
2. (Aus. 20C+) a police or prison informer.
| Sl. Dict. 212: Lagger [...] one who gives evidence; an informer. | |
 | Chocolate Frog (1973) 21: tosser: [T]had weak bludger Brown [...] He used ter be a lagger at Gosford. | |
| Doing Time 130: Rapes do go on but the guys are too frightened to go and report it because [...] [i]f they do they will be tagged a lagger and someone will get them later on. | |
| Aus. Prison Sl. Gloss. 🌐 Lag. 1. To inform. [...] a lagger is an informer. |
3. (Aus.) a policeman.
| W.A. Sun. Times (Perth) 1 Dec. 1/1: A Fremantle p.c. constable has appointed himself adviser-in-chief to females in affluence [...] The lanky lagger advised a departing demoiselle to abide with him and miss the boat. |
4. an ex-convict.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Argot: Dict. of Und. Sl. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
5. (Aus. prison) a recidivist.
| Doing Time 192: lagger: an old prisoner who has done several sentences or laggings; he is usually referred to as an ‘old lagger’. |
In compounds
(N.Z. prison) an inmate serving a short prison sentence (usually their first) .
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/1: baby lagger n. n inmate serving a short prison sentence (usually his first sentence). |
(N.Z. prison) a gullible, exploitable inmate .
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/1: first lagger n. 2 an inmate who is gullible, an easy mark, easily conned. |
(N.Z. prison) one who serving a very short sentence.
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/1: jet lagger n. an inmate serving a very brief sentence. |
(N.Z. prison) one who serving a very short sentence.
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/1: little lagger n. an inmate serving a short sentence. |
(N.Z. prison) one who is serving a long sentence, usu. 7 years or more; one who has completed the majority of that sentence.
| Big Huey 107: I just slipped [...] into the main clique in the prison, which was dominated by the long-laggers. | |
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/1: long lagger n. an inmate serving a long sentence (usually over seven years) esp. an inmate who has served a considerable amount of that sentence. |
(N.Z. prison) one who is serving a short sentence.
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/2: short lagger n. an inmate serving a short sentence. |
(N.Z. prison) one who has committed some form of violent crime.
| Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 103/2: violent lagger n. an inmate sentenced for an offence involving violence, e.g. armed robbery, aggravated robbery, assault, or murder. |