Cant. Obs. Also 6 lagge. [Possibly f. lag, LAGE v. to wash.] Lag of duds: a ‘buck’ or ‘wash’ of clothes.
1567. Harman, Caveat, 86. We wyll fylche some duddes of the Ruffemans, or myll the ken for a lagge of dudes.
1622. Beaum. & Fl., Beggar’s Bush, V. i. If it be milling of a lag of duds.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Lag-a dudds, a Buck of Cloths. As we cloy the Lag of Dudds, come let us Steal that Buck of Cloths.
1725. in New Cant. Dict.
