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soger

UK/ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/US/ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/

soger noun: a poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel. Also the pronunciation spelling of soldier.

Noun

soger (plural sogers)

  1. (dated) A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.
    • The captain called him a "soger," 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.1834, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast
    • I'd hang a lazy soger / The same as any other.a. 1900, “Hanging Johnny”, in Ivan Walton et al., editors, Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors, published 2002, page 66

Verb

soger (third-person singular simple present sogers, present participle sogering, simple past and past participle sogered)

  1. (dated) To shirk; to neglect one's work.

Also used as

soger is also the pronunciation spelling of soldier.

Forms of soger

Noun
pluralsogers
alternative formsojer
Verb
third-person singular presentsogers
present participlesogering
past participlesogered
pastsogered

Questions about soger

What does soger mean?
Soger means a poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.
What part of speech is soger?
Soger can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce soger?
Soger is pronounced /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/ (UK).
What is the plural of soger?
The plural of soger is sogers.

Words near soger in the dictionary

  1. Sogdiana
  2. sogdianite
  3. Sogdians
  4. sogdolloger
  5. sogdollogers
  6. soger
  7. sogered
  8. sogering
  9. sogers
  10. sogged
  11. soggier

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