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Definition of Draggers
1. dragger [n] - See also: dragger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draggers
Literary usage of Draggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our American Humorists by Thomas Lansing Masson (1922)
"Over here on the right of the log are the Master draggers. Of all the newt workers,
... Following him, in single file, come the rest of the Master draggers. ..."
2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1831)
""Although the committee, therefore, deferred, for the present, the establishment
of steam-draggers, their attention was naturally turned to the second ..."
3. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1831)
""Although the committee, therefore, deferred, for the present, the establishment
of steam-draggers, their attention was naturally turned to the second ..."
4. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1896)
"These men, who are technically termed "draggers," frequent the City, and, ...
Of the draggers we have already said something, in treating of the ..."
5. American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North by George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill (1903)
"... are called "draggers," or " drag-boats," and "mackerel draggers." The Mackerel
gill-nets are 20 to 30 s long, zy2 fathoms deep, with a mesh varying from ..."
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