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spragger

spragger noun: a mineworker whose job is to control (i.e., to slow, check, stop, or prevent) the movement of wagons or mine cars by applying sprags to prop them or to apply braking to their wheels or axles.

Noun

spragger (plural spraggers)

  1. (historical, otherwise uncommon) A mineworker whose job is to control (i.e., to slow, check, stop, or prevent) the movement of wagons or mine cars by applying sprags to prop them or to apply braking to their wheels or axles.

Forms of spragger

pluralspraggers

Questions about spragger

What does spragger mean?
Spragger means a mineworker whose job is to control (i.e., to slow, check, stop, or prevent) the movement of wagons or mine cars by applying sprags to prop them or to apply braking to their wheels or axles.
What part of speech is spragger?
Spragger is a noun.
What is the plural of spragger?
The plural of spragger is spraggers.

Words near spragger in the dictionary

  1. spraffing
  2. spraffs
  3. sprag
  4. Spragg
  5. spragged
  6. spragger
  7. spraggers
  8. spragging
  9. Spraggs
  10. sprags
  11. Sprague

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