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▪ I. † ˈslugger1 Obs.
[f. slug v.1]
A sluggard.
1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 40 With sluggers or unhardye persons, it is alwayes holy daye. c1560Bp. Cox in Abp. Parker's Corresp. (Parker Soc.) 130 Satan is no slugger, nor Judas no sleeper.
▪ II. slugger2 orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˈslʌgə(r)|
[f. slug v.3]
1. = slogger n. 2. Also in Baseball, a hard-hitting batter.
1877[see coon n. 4 b]. 1883Chicago Tribune 3 July 6/5 Poor Burns fell an easy victim to the Cleveland sluggers. 1884Harper's Mag. Jan. 300/1 Let the young disciple beware of those teachers [of boxing] who are known as ‘sluggers’. 1894G. Meredith Let. 19 Feb. (1970) III. 1155 Harrison is a controversial slugger. I did not expect he would descend to the use of street missiles. Your answer hit the right tone. 1895Daily News 6 Mar. 6/4 The champion slugger at football. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 27 May 15 (caption) Charlie Keller, the Yankee's slugger, is shown being caught in a rundown. 1952Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Oct. 2/1 Their team includes Mr. Gromyko and the notorious slugger Vyshinsky. 1967Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. ii. 3/1 Tony has the build of a slugger... Maybe some club will make an offer for him, giving a dependable pitcher in return. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 9 Oct. 27/3 No amateur karate exponent stands a halfway chance against an old-fashioned slugger and kicker who has real experience of street brawls. 1972J. Mosedale Football vii. 100 One of the National League's most powerful sluggers as a Cincinnati Red. 1977Times of Zambia 7 Sept. 10/7 The new holder of baseball's all-time Home Run record, Japanese slugger Sadaharu Oh.
2. A flat-surfaced boss, knob, or projection on a roll for crushing ore. Also attrib.
1903R. H. Richards Ore Dressing I. 105 These sluggers and knobs are cast upon segments. Ibid., The slugger roll has 16 knob segments and two slugger segments.
3. Usu. pl. Ear-to-chin whiskers. Also called slugger whiskers. U.S. slang.
1898F. P. Dunne Mr. Dooley in Peace & War 211 Ganderbilk he was there, too, standin' out on th' steps in th' cold, combin' his whiskers... He wears a pair iv sluggers..with his fingers. 1900G. Ade More Fables 118 The mild old Gentleman with the straw-colored Sluggers..came near. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 489/2 Slugger.., an ear-to-ear chin beard, as worn by a stage Irishman. 1960B. Keaton My Wonderful World of Slapstick i. 12 A fright wig, slugger whiskers, fancy vest.
▪ III. ˈslugger3
[f. slug n.2]
1. (See quot.)
1892Labour Commiss. Gloss., Slugger, a machine which makes and drives into the bottoms of boots very thick rivets or sprigs called slugs, muds, or studs, to make the soles wear longer.
2. One who attaches the top piece of the heel of a shoe to the seat.
1911Rep. Labour & Soc. Cond. Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. vi–vii. 30 The average wages paid in the district were:.. Sole layer 20s. to 32s. Slugger 30s. to 35s. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §414 Slugger,..operates, by means of a lever, slugging machine, which attaches top piece of heel to seat. |