sodger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was a remarkable saucy fellow and got nothing but ill-will from the prisoners—though, I make no doubt, the man is a tolerable sodger on sarvice.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
As in solder, the l has been re-introduced by learned influence, but the vulgar sodger is nearer the original pronunciation.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
A sodger ought to snatch his rest when he can get it.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
I was formed baith in mind and body, he said, for a sodger; and if I took but care—a thing he never could do himsel—I micht dee a serjeant.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
It 'as long been my opinion, as a sodger and a man, That I couldn't get on proper, not without yer, Sairey Ann.
From Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces by Various
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