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hogger


hogger [haw-ger, hog-er] Word Origin noun

  1. a person or thing that hogs.
  2. Also called hog·head. Railroads Slang. a locomotive engineer.

Origin of hogger An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; hog + -er1 Word Origin and History for hogger n.

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

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