Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man who, in foggy or snowy weather, places detonators on a railroad-track to apprise the engine-driver of the position of a signal or switch.
- noun A huckster.
- noun A cheat; one who engages in mean or disreputable practices or professional arts for gain, especially in the practice of law; a pettifogger.
- noun A groom or man-servant.
- noun In England, a farm-laborer who fodders cattle and carries out the hay in the morning and evening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who fogs; a pettifogger.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The outlet at the end of a hose which is designed to
atomize ,spray , ormist the contents flowing through the hose. Typical use includesgaseous materials such as nitrous oxide inautomotive applications, as well asfuels forturbine engines. - noun obsolete One who
fogs ; apettifogger .
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Examples
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This fogger is a step up from the FM6309 because it has a volume control switch which allows you to adjust the rate of flow.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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The "fogger" on a snowy morning in the winter has to encounter about the most unpleasant circumstances imaginable.
The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies 1867
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These days, he said, many of the calls he gets from people disturbed by fogger trucks or spraying aircraft come from tourists visiting the beach resorts.
Mosquito control official wages war against bloodsuckers 2011
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I taught briefly in a public high school and would have loved to have set up a Ritalin fogger in my classroom.
Boing Boing 2009
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She and her husband used nine cans of insecticide fogger one day, then the same amount two days later, without opening doors and windows to air out their home afterward.
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These days, he said, many of the calls he gets from people disturbed by fogger trucks or spraying aircraft come from tourists visiting the beach resorts.
Mosquito control official wages war against bloodsuckers 2011
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They put the fogger in their boat when the wind is just right and drive across one side of the swamp.
The Huckleberry Murders Patrick F. McManus 2010
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“Whereas he used to rare sic back and power the ball right past the batters, Bob now uses his ‘fogger’ on special occasions to get out of jams,” Ray wrote.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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“Whereas he used to rare sic back and power the ball right past the batters, Bob now uses his ‘fogger’ on special occasions to get out of jams,” Ray wrote.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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“Whereas he used to rare sic back and power the ball right past the batters, Bob now uses his ‘fogger’ on special occasions to get out of jams,” Ray wrote.
Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010
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