Definition of Sprigger

1. Noun. A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books.

Exact synonyms: Stemmer, Stripper
Generic synonyms: Worker
Derivative terms: Strip

Definition of Sprigger

1. one that sprigs [n -S] - See also: sprigs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprigger

sprelves
sprengel pump
sprent
spreon
spreons
sprew
sprews
sprezzatura
sprezzaturas
sprier
spriest
sprig
sprig tail
sprigged
sprigger (current term)
spriggers
spriggier
spriggiest
sprigging
spriggite
spriggy
spright
sprighted
sprightful
sprightfully
sprightfulness
sprightless
sprightlier
sprightliest

Literary usage of Sprigger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Navigation Rules, International-Inland by D A Appelbaum (1998)
"... at approximate position latitude 24°48.8'N. longitude 80°49.6'W. to Long Key Light 1; thence to Arsenic Bank Light 2; thence to sprigger Bank Light 5; ..."

2. Dining and Its Amenities by John William Severin Gouley (1907)
"... 'fudd,' 'mungs,' 'slop-dash work,' 'sprigger/ 'tingles,' and 'slugger. ..."

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