Meaning of badgerer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who badgers.
2. A dog used in baiting badgers.

Examples

“All other persons rejoice at his being exposed: the Ministerial people, because they get⟳ rid⟳ of a sturdy badgerer ; and the Radicals, because they saw⟳ in him a deceptious friend.”

“Since you've bought this book and intend⟳ to make⟳ a will, I won't badger you with dire warnings about what would happen⟳ if you die⟳ without a will. (Anyway, I've never been an effective badgerer.)”

“And when the second-best ambition of his life arrived by coach — that notable dog, "Pablo" — if Christopher could have⟳ sniffed lightest scent of Beckley, or Shotover, in the black dog- winkles of his nostrils, the odds are ten to one that Oxford never would have⟳ sighed (as all through the October term she did) at the loss of her finest badgerer.”

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