leggo

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leggo

  1. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let go.
    • 1949, William Lindsay Gresham, Limbo Tower, page 87:
      He stepped in, gripping the orderly by the front of his white jacket. "Hey, leggo me. You’ll start hemorrhaging and they’ll blame me."
    • 1966, Richard Johns, Pagany, page 120:
      Hey, leggo, mister! I want to stay up there in the sun! Jim picked up the kid and carried him.
    • 2005, Christine M McMahon, Choices Made: The Street Years:
      “Hey, leggo,” Nick said pushing Jamy back a little. “What are you doin’?” “I just wanted to hug you.”
  2. (slang, chiefly imperative) Contraction of let's go. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

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leggo (plural leggos)

  1. A form of calypso music; lavway.

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Italian

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Verb

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leggo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leggere

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