Leger, n.2
(ˈlɛdʒə(r))
Shortened f. St. Leger (see saint a. 4 c).
| 1871 [see egg n. 4 b]. 1880 Trollope Duke's Children I. xvii. 206 Who would like to bet me fifteen to one in hundreds against the two events,—the Derby and the Leger? 1924 Galsworthy Forest ii. i. 41 I'd give all mine [sc. my ancestors] to know what's won the Leger. 1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 230/2 Leger Day, the day upon which the St. Leger is actually run. |