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
Then the gauger comes 'roun', 'n ye have to pay a tax on all he's smart enough to fin',—a dollar 'n ten cen's a gallon.
From A Tar-Heel Baron by Holloway, Edward Stratton
A Song of the Road The gauger walked with willing foot 67 III.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Into this mix-up of bending and hurrying folk came the voice of Gilchrist the gauger.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
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