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plural draggers
Something that drags. examples
(nautical) A trawler. examples
One who takes part in drag racing. quotations examples
On a raceway near Riverside, California, a dragger was fatally injured when his dragster went out of control […]
1962, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 235, page 10
In 1960, Honolulu motorcycle racer (and Street Roadster dragger) Danny Ongais stepped up to the dragster ranks […]
2016, Scotty Gosson, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 63
A vehicle used in drag racing. quotations examples
So young speed enthusiasts can get high performance equipment for their "street draggers."
1967, United States. Congress. Senate, Hearings, volume 8, page 4149
(slang) A car thief. quotations
Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]
1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92
[A]t least, there were no dodgy whispers about him and that was a big plus in the tight-knit community of blaggers, draggers and carpet baggers of this corner of north-West London.Sean was pretty pissed off that the car they had meant to use for that day's robbery was an old rust-bucket Volkswagen Golf.
2020, Noel 'Razor' Smith, The Dirty Dozen