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swamper

[ 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.


swamper

/ 藞蝉飞蓲尘辫蓹 /

noun

    1. a person who lives or works in a swampy region, esp in the southern US
    2. a person who clears a swamp of trees and undergrowth or who clears a path in a forest for transporting logs
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of swamper1

First recorded in 1715鈥25; swamp + -er 1
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Before his nine-month stint as a 鈥渟wamper,鈥 assisting in the rigging up and down of drilling and auxiliary equipment at a well site, Smith was an actor, musician and playwright, with Brooklyn liberal politics to match.

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I landed work as a swamper for a rig moving company.

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A swamper is basically a rigger.

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鈥淔or the fun of it, I guess. And because I鈥檓 a swamper and he鈥檚 not.鈥

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My mom, now, she weren鈥檛 no swamper, not even close.

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