Meaning of soger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.
   dated
2. Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.
   Scotland, alt-of, obsolete, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

“The captain called him a "soger," and promised to "ride⟳ him down as he would the main tack;" and when officers are once determined to "ride⟳ a man down," it is a gone case with him.”

“I'd hang⟳ a lazy soger / The same as any other.”

“Come⟳ aft, you lazy soger, an' see⟳ what de captain has to say⟳ 'bout dis," cried Worcester, pushing the man, who still grasped his knife, before him […]”

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