hoghead

noun

hoghead

noun

Etymology From hog + head.

1

Synonym of hogger (“engineer of a locomotive”).

In his selection, Gamst likens railroad engineers (hogheads) to ship's captains and airline pilots — masters of their trains […]1984, Herbert Applebaum, Work in Market and Industrial Societies, page 243:

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