sprigger

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noun

A person employed to nail the soles onto shoes.

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stripperstemmer
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Meanings

nounsprigger (plural spriggers)

plural spriggers

  1. A person employed to nail the soles onto shoes.
  2. A machine for nailing the soles onto shoes.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books

Similar
stripperstemmer
Broader
worker
Also see
stemmerstripper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sprig + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

sprigger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprigger

MLA

“sprigger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprigger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sprigger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sprigger.

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