hogger
nounEtymology From hog + -er.
1
One who, or that which, hogs.
- Against these heroes are the puritans, the hoggers of profit, the shysters, the obfuscators, the do-nothings.1994, James J Wilhelm, Ezra Pound: The Tragic Years, 1925-1972:
2
A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
3
Slang A marijuana cigarette.
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Ball games, Curling, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play.
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Slang The engineer of a locomotive.
Rail transportation
- Twenty- five demerit marks would make most hoggers sit up and take notice ; but not Jones.1931, Locomotive Engineers Journal - Volume 65, page 177:
- What had happened was this : A yardgoat crew had gone into this lead and left the gate wide open, and neither the hogger nor the fire boy on the passenger saw this open switch right in broad daylight.1949, Railroad Magazine - Volumes 48-49, page 90:
2 more examples
- "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!"1959, George S. Amsbary, Rolling Wheels:
- 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.2010, Theodore Kornweibel, Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey:
- Derived terms
- hogger pump, left lane hogger, right lane hogger