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▪ I. podger1 rare.|ˈpɒdʒə(r)|
? A stiff blow.
1816Ld. Campbell in Life (1881) I. 334 He cannot deal the knock-me-down blows of old Brough, and if you watch your opportunity you may give him a podger.
▪ II. podger2|ˈpɒdʒə(r)|
[f. podge n. + -er1.]
Any of various tools having the form of a short bar (see quots.).
1888J. G. Horner Dict. Terms Mech. Engin. 377 Tommy, a pointed round iron bar or lever used for insertion in the holes drilled in the circular back nuts of lathes and other machines, for the purpose of tightening them up. Also a metal rod kept for insertion in the eyes of the tightening screws of hand-rest sockets, for tightening the T rest. Sometimes called a podger. 1893― Princ. of Fitting ii. 22 Fig. 18 shows a podger, employed for two purposes. The tapered end A, of round section, is used for pulling drilled or punched holes into line, so that their bolts or rivets can be inserted. The flattened end B is used like the end of a crowbar for lifting up and slipping along a casting or forging into position, or for prising open..plates that are in close contact. 1894W. J. Lineham Textbk. Mech. Engin. vii. 286 Before riveting a seam, the plates, if punched or drilled separately, are brought into alignment by the podger and bolted. 1971B. Scharf Engin. & Language ix. 66 A special type of single ended spanner is the podger or prong-ended spanner. This has a long, tapering handle which can be used..to align holes which do not entirely coincide (e.g. rivet holes in plates). |