单词 | hogger |
释义 | hoggern.1ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 1. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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.3ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.11327n.21666n.31889 |
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