swamper

[swom-per]

swamp·er

[swom-per]
noun
1.
Informal. a person who inhabits, works in, or is exceptionally familiar with swamps.
2.
a general assistant or laborer; menial.
3.
a person who trims felled trees into logs at a logging camp or sawmill.
4.
Citizens Band Radio Slang. a motorist or truck driver, especially one using a CB radio.

Origin:
1715–25; swamp + -er1
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Swamper is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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swamper (ˈswɒmpə)
 
n
(US)
 a.  a person who lives or works in a swampy region, esp in the southern US
 b.  a person who clears a swamp of trees and undergrowth or who clears a path in a forest for transporting logs

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swamper definition


  1. n.
    a helper or assistant, especially an assistant in food service or in trucking. (Very old.) : This guy and his swamper showed up to deliver the stuff, but neither one of them would touch it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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