"spragger" meaning in English

See spragger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: spraggers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spragger (plural spraggers)
  1. (mining, chiefly 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. Tags: historical Hypernyms: mineworker, worker, person Coordinate_terms: miner, muledriver, breaker boy, coal cracker
    Sense id: en-spragger-en-noun-zYPwoDib Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Mining Topics: business, mining

Inflected forms

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