dunger

plural dungers

1. obsoleteA person employed to spread or transport dung.

   But I will bring over you Dungers with great Dung-Forks, who shall dung thee from off the earth, with thy great heap, as an abominable sin-dunghill.

   1710, John Maximilian Daut, The Approaching Judgements of God upon the Roman Empire

2. obsoleteAn animal that produces dung.

   [Worms are] the natural diggers and dungers of land, worm-casts being nothing more than the dung of the worm.

   1790, William Curtis, Practical Observations on the British Grasses

3. obsoleteA person employed in the dunging of textiles.

   Dunger, dyeing and finishing mill

   1930, United States Census Bureau, Classified Index of Occupations

plural dungers

1. AustraliaNew ZealandAn old, worn-out machine, especially a car.

   I got a free loaner. And this was quite a new car, too. Not like the clunky old dunger without a working heater I had to battle with on a previous occasion in the dead of winter.

   2007, Martz Witty, Ian McBride, Hit the Road Running