hogger

plural hoggers

1. One who, or that which, hogs.

   Against these heroes are the puritans, the hoggers of profit, the shysters, the obfuscators, the do-nothings.

   1994, James J Wilhelm, Ezra Pound: The Tragic Years, 1925-1972

2. A stocking without a foot, worn by coal miners at work.
3. slangA marijuana cigarette.
4. ball gamesA shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play.
5. slangrail transportationThe engineer of a locomotive.

   Twenty- five demerit marks would make most hoggers sit up and take notice ; but not Jones.

   1931, Locomotive Engineers Journal - Volume 65, page 177

   3 more examples

   What had happened was this : A yardgoat crew had gone into this lead and left the gate wide open, and neither the hogger nor the fire boy on the passenger saw this open switch right in broad daylight.

   1949, Railroad Magazine - Volumes 48-49, page 90

   "Go ahead and laugh," snapped the conductor. "But I'll bet this kid will be bossin' a Monarch, maybe even No. 23, long before you get to be hogger of a yardgoat!"

   1959, George S. Amsbary, Rolling Wheels

   Even though he was a veteran railroader, many white hoggers snubbed him until they saw that he was thoroughly qualified, a response that would not have greeted a new white runner.

   2010, Theodore Kornweibel, Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey

   Synonyms: hoghead