noun
jagger
JA-guh
noun
1
A wheeled tool with a serrated edge used for crimping or cutting decorative patterns in pastry.
"She ran the jagger along the pie crust to create a fluted edge."
2
An old dialect word for a peddler or hawker who carried goods around to sell.
"The jagger sold pots and pans from village to village."
How to Use Jagger
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pastry-crimping tool, or historically, a traveling peddler.
Word Forms
jaggers plural, jaggers plural
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Etymology
Formed from jag + -er, originally describing someone or something that jags (cuts or crimps).