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
It is not generally understood that he has control over the shepherd, the hedger, or the cattleman, who are stewards, in one sense, over their respective departments of labour….
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
The reddening light gains fast upon the skies, 2 And far away the glistening vapours sail, Down the rough steep the accustomed hedger hies, And the stream winds in brightness through the vale.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan by Gilfillan, George
A couple of foggers and milkers, a hedger and ditcher, two or three women at times, and there is the end.
From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard
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