leger
noun
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leger
1 American
[lej-er]
/ ˈlɛdʒ ər /
noun
Angling.
Léger
2
American
[lay-zhay]
/ leɪˈʒeɪ /
Léger
British
/ leʒe /
noun
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The benefit side of the leger for mega-events is typically split into two categories: The immediate economic boost from the Games and the long-term utility of Olympic projects.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2021
His leger might be called a book of the black art; for it was little else than fly-tracks and blots, though the last were found of great assistance in rendering the statements satisfactory.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
But, as the governor urged him very pressingly, Mr. Pepperell consented to shut up his leger, gird on a sword, and assume the title of General.
From True Stories of History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne
For piano and violin music, paper should be chosen the staves of which are wide apart, to allow of the large number of leger lines frequently required.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Clement A. Harris
As the story fizzled out, the leger lines having been down for some little time, I thought, and not without reason, that I saw the point of my rod trembling.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
“I wouldn’t be chasing that,” said Talley Léger, chief market strategist at the Wealth Consulting Group, noting that any pickup in consumer sentiment based on a reaccelerating economy could crush gold prices.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 1, 2026
“He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger dresses and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry,” Lizza wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2025
In 2013 he gave 78 paintings from every stage of Cubism—all of them by Picasso, Braque, Léger or Gris—to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Mr Tryner said Bettina Shaw-Lawrence had been a well-regarded artist herself and initially attended art classes by the painter Fernand Léger in 1938.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
They started with Cadette, and went successively to Etang, Toulon-sur-Arroux, St. Nizier, Charbonnat, Luzy, La Roche-Millay, St. Léger, l'Etang-des-Poissons, and La Grande-Verrière,—a most picturesque excursion, from which my husband brought back several interesting studies.
From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
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