Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical to play the soger or shirk.
- noun A dialectal or colloquial form of
soldier . Also sojer, sodger. - noun Nautical, a skulk or shirk; one who is always trying to evade his share of work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Dial. or Slang Var. of
soldier .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A
poor or lazyhand on a sailing vessel. - noun
Eye dialect spelling ofsoldier .
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Examples
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A "soger" -- one who, so far, had done no work -- relieved him, and he mustered his men, all but two in the engine room, to a council amidships.
The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility Morgan Robertson 1888
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The captain called him a "soger," [note 1] and promised to "ride him down as he would the main tack;" and when officers are once determined to "ride a man down," it is a gone case with him.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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"soger," [1] and promised to "ride him down as he would the main tack;" and when officers are once determined to "ride a man down," it is a gone case with him.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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And you have a notion to make a soger of him, they tell me.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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They cannot make a soger of you against your will.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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I hae freends con-nekit wi 'the auldest clans, and though I'm, in a mainner o' speakin ', i' the tail o 'Doom, as I was i' the tail o 'his faither afore him -- peace wi' him, he was the grand soger!
Doom Castle Neil Munro
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Wid his big soger coat buttoned up to his t'roat, all weathers he would dare --
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And some other folks I know of was so fast to perserve _her_ nootrality, that she came over to Mexico so as to be near bye to do it, but if this court hain't laborin 'under a teckinal error a few Pea-crackers traded off their soger overcotes for white pine ones.
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I'll make him a soger if I can, and I'll make him hate the name of
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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"And now, between ourselves," said the Cornal, leaning over with a show of intimacy and even friendliness, "have you any notion yourself of being a soger?"
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
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