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Definition of Hogger
1. n. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
Definition of Hogger
1. Noun. Agent noun of hog; one who, or that which, hogs. ¹
2. Noun. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A marijuana cigarette ¹
4. Noun. (curling) A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hogger
1. one that hogs [n -S] - See also: hogs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hogger
Literary usage of Hogger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The House of Lords and Ideological Politics: Lord Salisbury's Referendal by Corinne Comstock Weston (1995)
"52. See Neal Blewett, The peers, the parties and the people, the general election
of 1910 (1972), chap. 9 for the whole-hogger movement to accept the ..."
2. The Colliery Manager's Handbook: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Laying-out by Caleb Pamely (1898)
"As the sinking proceeds, the pumps are lowered by the ground crabs, and when the
hogger pump is down nearly to the delivery drift, it is taken off by means ..."
3. A Glossary of Terms Used in the Coal Trade of Northumberland and Durham by George Clementson Greenwell (1888)
"hogger.—A wide leather pipe used to deliver water into a cistern. ... The hogger
is lashed on the short pipe. hoggerS.—Stockings without feet, chiefly used ..."
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