Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soger

/ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soger
IPA: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.

Dated

noun

Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.

Obsolete

verb

To shirk; to neglect one's work.

Dated

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
""Bad luck to the whole breed and seed of the sogers!" muttered a fifth villager, between his teeth."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/
British English: /ˈsəʊd͡ʒə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sogers (plural) sojer (alternative) sogers (present, singular) sogering (participle, present) sogered (participle, past) sogered (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce soger?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚ/.
What does soger mean?: A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.

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