Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small anchor used in kedging.
- noun A fisherman; a dealer in fish; a cadger. See
cadge .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) A small anchor; a kedge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A small
anchor ; akedge .
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Examples
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On Tower-hill, as you go down to the London docks, you may have seen a crippled beggar (or kedger, as the sailors say) holding a painted board before him, representing the tragic scene in which he lost his leg.
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On Tower-hill, as you go down to the London docks, you may have seen a crippled beggar (or kedger, as the sailors say) holding a painted board before him, representing the tragic scene in which he lost his leg.
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a crippled beggar (or kedger, as the sailors say) holding a painted board before him, representing the tragic scene in which he lost his leg.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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On Tower-hill, as you go down to the London docks, you may have seen a crippled beggar (or kedger, as the sailors say) holding a painted board before him, representing the tragic scene in which he lost his leg.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 57
July 25, 2008