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Definition of Slogger

1. Noun. Someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner.

2. Noun. Someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours.

3. Noun. A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches.

Definition of Slogger

1. n. A hard hitter; a slugger.

Definition of Slogger

1. Noun. (cricket) A cricketer who attempts to score runs fast by attacking every ball that can be hit ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slogger

1. one that slogs [n -S] - See also: slogs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slogger

slogan sloganed sloganeer sloganeered sloganeering sloganeers sloganize sloganized sloganizes sloganizing

sloganless slogans slogfest slogfests slogged slogger (current term) sloggers slogging sloggy slogo

slogos slogs sloid sloids slojd slojds sloka sloka meter slokas sloke

Literary usage of Slogger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1906)
"For an instant Burke the slogger saw the glaring of a red lamp. The ground trembled. The train was going with fearful rapidity. Another second and it had ..."

2. School Days at Rugby by Thomas Hughes (1858)
"Tom felt the wisdom of the counsel, and saw already that he couldn't go in and finish the slogger off at mere hammer and tongs, so changed his tactics ..."

3. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Léon Vallée, Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Huzza, there's going to be a fight between slogger Williams and Tom Brown! ... Tom Brown and slogger Williams." Up start half the boys at once, ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Stockings or clothes that fall slack are said to slogger. The part in a machine that shakes or works in a loose manner is said to slogger. ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"Tom felt the wisdom of the counsel, and saw already that he couldn't go in and finish the slogger off at mere hammer-and- tongs, so changed his tactics ..."

6. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"He now fights cautious, getting away from and parrying the slogger's lunging hits, ... The slogger pulls up at last for a moment, fairly blown. ..."

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