leger
noun
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leger
1 American
[lej-er]
/ ˈlɛdʒ ər /
noun
Angling.
Léger
2
American
[ley-zhey]
/ 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
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
If there be a faker, I hope he appreciates my sympathetic estimate of his knowledge, assiduity, and skill in leger de main.
From The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore by Andrew Lang
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
The coeur leger had turned to careless self-love, the impetuosity had become peevish obstinacy.
From The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) by Horace Petherick
“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
There's the church of St. Léger, and the grand old gates of St. Médard, to say nothing of the cathedral itself.
From Everyman's Land by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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