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Definition of Hoggers
1. hogger [n] - See also: hogger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoggers
Literary usage of Hoggers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"The term "short hoggers " denotes that the ghost wore short stockings without feet.
— Chambers. O' A little tak' a little, whaur there's nought tak' a'. ..."
2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"hoggers, footless stockings worn by pitmen at work. hoggers were sometimes used
for riding stockings instead of gaiters by country people ; and they are ..."
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