Hogger

Quick meaning: Hogger is a noun meaning One who, or that which, hogs.

Meaning

One who, or that which, hogs.

More Meanings

1. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
2. (curling) A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play.
3. (rail transportation, slang) The engineer of a locomotive.
4. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.

Example Sentences

Twenty- five demerit marks would make most hoggers sit up and take notice ; but not Jones.

Against these heroes are the puritans, the hoggers of profit, the shysters, the obfuscators, the do-nothings.

"Go ahead and laugh," snapped the conductor. "But I'll bet this kid will be bossin' a Monarch, maybe even No. 23, long before you get to be hogger of a yardgoat!"

Even though he was a veteran railroader, many white hoggers snubbed him until they saw that he was thoroughly qualified, a response that would not have greeted a new white runner.

Word Forms

• hoggers

Synonyms for hogger

Depending on context, synonyms include hoghead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoggan-bag, hobnailer, hog-rubber, hogrubber, sandhog, hoggerel.

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