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swamper

American  
[swom-per] / ˈswɒm pər /

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 British  
/ ˈswɒmpə /

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

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Etymology

Origin of swamper

First recorded in 1715–25; swamp + -er 1

Example Sentences

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He learned how to use shovels and rakes for this work, and crew roles such as captain, swamper and dragspoon.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2018

It turns out Lopez, a swamper, followed the lead saw through the underbrush.

From National Geographic • Aug. 20, 2015

This event shows off some of the craziest, meanest, scariest-looking quads that ever existed-for some perspective, think of an Arctic Cat 4x4 with 44-inch super swamper truck tires on it!

From Time Magazine Archive

“Seems to me like he’s worse lately,” said the swamper.

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

No point telling my dad about the worms, he’d only say a swamper boy should know better than to lie down in the mud.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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