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Hogger

Hogger \Hog"ger\, n. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hogger

"swineherd, herdsman," early 14c., from hog (n.).

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hogger

n. 1 agent noun of hog; one who, or that which, hogs. 2 A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work. 3 (context slang English) A marijuana cigarette 4 (context curling English) A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play

Usage examples of "hogger".

Constituency Wife, Mark I, the opener of fetes and natural hogger of cameras.

He saw now it was of a type called a hogger, little more than a barge with a bow, commonly used along the shores of Orland to move livestock.

Chaff watched as it sailed out of the cove, followed by the slugging hogger with its cargo of wounded and dejected men.