taggers
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of taggers
C19: perhaps so called because it was used to make tags for laces
Example Sentences
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Even minor crime, he showed, had no place in Mr. Giuliani’s New York—a lesson he amplified by arresting graffiti taggers and public urinators.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
About a decade later, the city was still going after taggers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
The traditional targets of taggers — walls, windows, street signs, lampposts, buses — remain their canvases.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
It began last year when taggers hit abandoned downtown high-rises, transforming the city’s skyline.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
He allus said consarning 'em, though, that they'd best be let alone, for lions nor yet taggers warn't a sarcumstance to 'em.
From Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 by Various
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