soger

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/
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/ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/ · /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/

Definition of soger

3 senses · 2 parts of speech

noun

  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.”
    “I'd hang a lazy soger / The same as any other.”
    “Come aft, you lazy soger, an' see what de captain has to say 'bout dis," cried Worcester, pushing the man, who still grasped his knife, before him […]”
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noun

  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.”
    “I'd hang a lazy soger / The same as any other.”
    “Come aft, you lazy soger, an' see what de captain has to say 'bout dis," cried Worcester, pushing the man, who still grasped his knife, before him […]”
  2. (Scotland, alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling)Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.

verb

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

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