gauger
Americannoun
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a person or thing that gauges.
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a worker or inspector who checks the dimensions or quality of machined work.
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a customs official, collector of excise taxes, or the like.
noun
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a person or thing that gauges
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a customs officer who inspects bulk merchandise, esp liquor casks, for excise duty purposes
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a collector of excise taxes
Etymology
Origin of gauger
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Anglo-French word gaugeour. See gauge, -or 2
Example Sentences
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“It’s a good temperature gauger of where we are and where we want to be.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2018
“The man who’s supposed to be the arch-spinner and gauger of the public mood, David Cameron, screwed up,” said Fielding.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 15, 2011
Not content with being gauger, farmer, and poet, Burns took a lively interest in everything affecting the welfare of the parish and the well-being of its inhabitants.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel
"If it's a gauger you are, you'd wish yourself back in the place you came from before night," said O'Rorke, as he looked after him.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Lever, Charles James
The gauger always carried with him some flour bread, which he called his "little sponge."
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
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