pegger

English

Etymology

From peg +‎ -er.

Noun

pegger (plural peggers)

1. A person who pegs (in any sense).
   1. (slang, archaic) A regular drinker of alcohol, especially brandy and soda.
   2. (historical) A person who, or machine that, attached the uppers to the soles of shoes using wooden pegs (shoepegs).

Related terms

• pegging (noun)

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary