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Definition of Sledger
1. one who drives a sledge [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sledger
Literary usage of Sledger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wild-fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical by Henry Coleman Folkard (1864)
"The pursuit is carried on at night; the sledger traversing the muddy oozes by
means of a ... The sledger pushes the launch ahead, over oozes and savannas, ..."
2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1906)
"... the truculent native middleman of the highly indented southern coast; the
solitary winter sledger of the frozen rivers; the distribution and size of ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(3) A sledge hammer. SLEDE. A valley. Hearne. SLEDGE. To shift off. Dunelm.
sledger. The lower stone in the hopper of a mill. Var. dial. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1808)
"A horrid murder was committed on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. •sledger, of Thaw
Farm, two miles from this town, this morning at 2 o'clock. ..."
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