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单词 hogger
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hoggern.1

Brit. /ˈhɒɡə/, U.S. /ˈhɔɡər/, /ˈhɑɡər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hog n.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < hog n.1 + -er suffix1.Earliest attested as a surname.
1. A herdsman, esp. one who tends hogs. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > herding > herdsman or woman
herdc725
herdmanc1000
lookera1225
tripherd1305
hogger1327
pastorc1400
pastorelc1440
leader1495
pasture-man1547
herd-maid1588
herdsman1603
pastoral1607
feeder1611
creaght1634
herder1635
keep1641
creaghter1653
town herd1760
herd-boy1799
stock-keeper1806
senn1826
herd-girla1856
herd-laddie1865
pastoralist1879
1327 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 67 Joh.le Hogger.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1517 (MED) Iobal..was first hogger.
2. U.S. Railways slang. A locomotive engineer. Cf. hog n.1 15a.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > engine-driver
engine driver1809
engineer1816
engineman1835
locomotive engineer1840
runner1848
locomotive driver1852
locomotive runner1860
locoman1894
hogger1904
hoghead1905
1904 Railway Conductor Sept. 699/1 Brother Jim B. is a pretty good ‘hogger’, too, but he is out of luck, for every trip he ‘pulls’ some young conductor making his first regular trip.
1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 64/1 If you can imagine a hogger on duty in a costume that looked suspiciously like Little Lord Fauntleroy, you can imagine my feelings.
2007 Railway Age (Nexis) 1 July 4 Back in the days of steam, hoggers..had to possess a good feeling for their engines.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hoggern.2

Brit. /ˈhɒɡə/, U.S. /ˈhɔɡər/, /ˈhɑɡər/, Scottish English /ˈhɔɡər/
Forms: 1600s hoger, 1800s hoggar (chiefly English regional (northern)), 1800s– hogger, 1800s– hugger (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 1700s– hogger, pre-1700 1800s– hoggar, 1700s–1800s huggar, 1700s–1800s hugger, 1800s hoger, 1800s hooger, 1800s howgar, 1800s hugar; also Irish English 1800s– hogar, 1800s– huggar, 1900s– hoggar, 1900s– hugger.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hough n., guard n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < hough n. + guard n., with reduction of both elements. A connection with Middle French, French †hoguine armour for the thighs and legs (16th cent. or earlier) is unlikely on formal grounds.
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a. Usually in plural. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). A footless stocking used as a gaiter. Cf. cocker n.1 2(b), scogger n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > footless stocking
stirrup-stocking1611
scogger1615
stirrup-hose1659
hogger1666
stirrup1714
traheen1817
1666 in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 232 Some had hoggars, some straw boots.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 295 He observed..that he [sc. the Devil] had Hogers on his Legs without Shoes.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 137 A pair of grey hoggers well clinked benew.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 224 Three year thro' muirs an' bogs I've squattert, Wi' duddy claes an' huggars tatter't.
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 50 Others..wear what they call huggers, and in the Northern parts of Scotland hugger-muggans, that is, stockings with the feet either worn away by long and hard service, or cut from them on purpose.
1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxx, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 108 A lassie frae Yarrow or Ettrick, in worsted huggers.
1830 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 23 Aw put the bait-poke on at eight, Wi' sark and hoggers, like maw brothers.
1868 A. Dawson Rambling Recoll. 31 Arrayed with great rigg and fur huggars, stretching from heel to thigh.
1900 J. E. Dent in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1902) III. 197/2 [County Durham] T'snaw was that deep that she had te put on hoggers te keep hersel dry.
1910 P. W. Joyce Eng. as we speak it in Ireland xiii. 275 Huggers or hogars, stockings without feet.
1999 J. Robinson Death & Life Dales Community 208 To protect their legs from getting wet, the girls would wear ‘hoggers’, which were old woollen stockings that could no longer be darned or mended, and would have their feet cut off.
b. Scottish. An old stocking used as a purse. Also figurative: savings, a hoard of money. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money-bag, -purse, or -belt > [noun] > stocking used as
hoggerc1725
moggan1842
stocking1873
sock1930
c1725 in New Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1845) VI. 231 He..threw down upon the table a large hogger stuffed to the top with coin.
a1779 D. Graham Coll. Writings (1883) II. 56 I have a bit auld hogger an' some thing in't, thou's get it when I die.
1823 J. Galt Entail II. iii. 28 I hae may be a hoggar, and I ken whan I die wha s'all get the gouden guts o't.
1846 W. Cross Disruption vii A' she has in the hugger may be his ain, if he'll just tak' her alang wi't.
1931 L. McInnes in Sc. National Dict. (1960) V. (at cited word) He's weel eneuch aff an' heza a good hoggar by 'um.
2. Scottish and English regional (northern). Originally Mining. A short length of pipe or hose, usually made of rubber or leather and used as a delivery pipe or connection; (also occasionally) a hosepipe. Now historical and rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > connecting pipe or tube
hogger1820
sleeve1865
1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 340/2 A hose or hoggar of leather is attached, of sufficient length to reach the cistern where the water is delivered. This is called the hoggar-pipe.
1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 30 Hogger-pump, the top pump of a set, with a short pipe cast on to it at right angles near the top. The hogger is attached to the short pipe.
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 37 Hogger, a leather or canvas delivery pipe at the top of a sinking set of pumps.
1898 in N.E.D. (1899) (at cited word) The name ‘hogger’ is applied to rubber connexions for pneumatic brakes between carriages, as well as to the indiarubber pipe that connects the tender feed with the engine delivery pipe for feeding the boiler.
1955 W. B. Garrison Why you say It vii. 120 Workmen did not have to invent a name for the new device; it was clearly just another form of the familiar hogger.
1990 B. Griffiths North East Dial. (2002) 84 [East Durham] Hoggers,..hose-pipe.

Compounds

hogger-pipe n. Scottish and English regional (northern) Mining (now rare) the top pipe in a pumping set, with a short pipe cast near the top to which a hogger (sense 2) is attached.
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1820 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XIV. 340/2 As soon as the top of the hoggar is upon a level with the top of the cistern, the hoggar-pipe is removed, a common pipe put in its place, and upon the top of this pipe the hoggar-pipe is again fixed.
1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Hogger-pipe, in mining, the upper terminal pipe with delivery-hose of the mining-pump (North. Eng.).
hogger-pump n. Chiefly English regional (northern) Mining (now rare) the top suction pump in a mining shaft.
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1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 208/1 The hoggar-pump, generally made of fir-staves,and fixed by an iron flange and bolts to the uppermost cast-iron pipe.
1854 Newcastle Courant 14 Apr. 5/5 (advt.) One set of pumps, 10 inch, with..suction pipe, hogger pump and wind bore.
1898 C. Pamely Colliery Manager's Handbk. (ed. 4) x. 379 When the hogger pump is down nearly to the delivery drift, it is taken off by means of the main crab.
1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. iv. 36 The hogger-pump you spoke about... It ud take a lot of that water out Scupper Flats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hoggern.3

Brit. /ˈhɒɡə/, U.S. /ˈhɔɡər/, /ˈhɑɡər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hog v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < hog v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. A person who crops the manes of horses. Cf. hog v.1 3. Obsolete. rare.
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1889 United Service Mar. 335/2 Any fellow who was known to be a good hogger was in request to come round and do so-and-so's new ‘tat’, short for tattoo, anglicé, pony.
2. colloquial (originally U.S.). A person who appropriates something greedily or selfishly. Frequently with modifying word or phrase. Cf. hog v.1 7.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > one who or that which > one who
swallower1548
impropriator1631
pocketer1824
appropriator1840
hogger1905
1905 N.Y. Tribune 24 Sept. iv. 5/1 He's..a hogger... He always..tries to attract all the attention to himself.
1918 ‘R. Dehan’ That which hath Wings lvi. 450 Hang these profit-hoggers!
1926 Oneonta (N.Y.) Daily 8 July 1/4 A ‘hogger of the spotlight whose hands are raised in a plea of mercy’.
1977 Economist 17 Dec. 51 The redoubtable Mr Jacques Chirac,..and recently Mr Raymond Barre, the prime minister, have both proved themselves screen-hoggers.
1996 Adv. Driving Milestones Winter 53/2 The middle lane hogger is the pedestrian taking up the entire pavement oblivious of those behind in a hurry.
2001 GQ Nov. 54/4 Forget to invite would-be DJs, limelight hoggers,..idiot dancers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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