Etymology
Origin of hedger
Example Sentences
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A spokesman for Southwest, the largest hedger among U.S. airlines, said last week that it actively participated in fuel hedging and has not changed its overall philosophy.
From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2016
This is not to say that Gore is the only hedger in the race.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet he did not spare rich nor poor: he preached at the Squire, and that great fat farmer, Mr. Bullock the church-warden, as boldly as at Hodge the ploughman, and Scrub the hedger.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
With a volubility and energy of speech little to be expected from his wizened appearance, the hedger and ditcher entered into details of his job.
From The Toilers of the Field by Jefferies, Richard
"But for that I might be a hedger and ditcher to this day."
From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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