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
Reinstated as a "gauger," he was eventually dismissed for writing a pamphlet in defence of the excisemen's agitation for higher wages.
From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel
He is said to have had many fights with smugglers, but did not suffer the fate of the gauger in Guy Mannering, for Dirck Hatteraicks were not so common as youthful readers might desire.
From Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir
Not infrequently the gauger could have laid his hands upon a dozen stills within as many hours; but he had cogent reasons for avoiding discoveries unless absolutely forced to make them.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
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