subs. (prison).—1. A convict waiting for his discharge.
1889. Answers, 25 May, p. 412. We were delicately termed LODGERS, not prisoners, by the authorities.
2. (common).—A person of no account: e.g., ‘only a LODGER.’ Cf. HOG.
subs. (prison).—1. A convict waiting for his discharge.
1889. Answers, 25 May, p. 412. We were delicately termed LODGERS, not prisoners, by the authorities.
2. (common).—A person of no account: e.g., ‘only a LODGER.’ Cf. HOG.
