clogger

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, clogs.
2. A maker of the shoes called clogs.
3. A physically aggressive player.
   slang
4. A clog dance performer.

Equivalents

Examples

“With its barred windows and fading paper signs announcing the various forms of its artery cloggers du jour, it couldn't by any stretch⟳ be called inviting.”

“Hmm, I guess⟳ Murray hadn't warned him that Nicki was a toilet clogger. Some kids just were, I guess⟳?”

“The sport has always been tough, of course; but [Fifa] became concerned that the pre-eminent teams were those that employed particularly physical players, whose specialty was intimidation. This had commercial implications, though they were never spelled out: if the finesse players were succumbing to the “cloggers” as they were known (“clog” meaning to impede or hamper), then the shape⟳ of the sport would change⟳ fundamentally, skill being replaced by a more robust style of play⟳ in which only the strong would survive⟳.”

“[…] I was normally not able to – unless I fouled him – and I usually did. I think⟳ from that time Archie reckoned I was a bit of a clogger and I didn't have⟳ Dad's or Archie's skills.”

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