Needs context. Could just be “luggage,” or whatever, in some author's idea of an accent, or... “LUGGISH, an indolent, or idle fellow.––LUGGISH-HEEDED, heavy headed, thick headed.” [A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use, Brockett, 1825] Slightly later edition: “LUGGISH, a dull, heavy, stupid. Probaby loggish. LUGGISH, s an indolent, or idle fellow. “Loup, ye luggish, ye ha' nae spunk in ye.”” [A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use, Brockett, 1829] “LUGGISH. Dull; heavy; stupid. Luggy is also heard in the same sense.” [A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century, Vol. 2, Halliwell-Phillipps, 1860]
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