"soger" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/ [General-American] Forms: sogers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soger (plural sogers)
  1. (dated) A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-soger-en-noun-ZYuRF4RQ
  2. (obsolete or Scotland) Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English., sojer Tags: Scotland, alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: soldier (extra: sojer), representing nonstandardly-pronounced English (extra: sojer)
    Sense id: en-soger-en-noun-0p-iVMu5 Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 64 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sojer

Verb

IPA: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/ [General-American] Forms: sogers [present, singular, third-person], sogering [participle, present], sogered [participle, past], sogered [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-soger-en-verb-lRrswzCT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sojer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1902, Louis Becke, The Jalasco Brig, page 82",
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