lag
A transported convict; a ticket-of-leave man.
“The old lag had done his seven years and come home to Whitechapel.”
❦ Note: A ‘lag’ was a returned transport; the ticket-of-leave was his parole papers.
A transported convict; a ticket-of-leave man.
“The old lag had done his seven years and come home to Whitechapel.”
❦ Note: A ‘lag’ was a returned transport; the ticket-of-leave was his parole papers.