hoghead

Meanings

nounhoghead (plural hogheads)

Synonym of hogger (“engineer of a locomotive”).
In his selection, Gamst likens railroad engineers (hogheads) to ship's captains and airline pilots — masters of their trains […]
1984, Herbert Applebaum, Work in Market and Industrial Societies, page 243
Synonyms: hogger

nounSynonym of hogger (“engineer of a locomotive”).

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From hog + head.

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