sodger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I'm gaun to the hillside, thou sodger gentleman, To shift my sheep their lair.'
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
There's some reason for thinkin' the one who wasn't a sodger was a person o' consequence—a man o' valuable property that may be useful during the siege as well as after.
From Roger Davis, Loyalist by Baird, Frank
"It 'ud never do to own he was beaten by a man as was sober in a stand up fight—and he a sodger."
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
George Pendle shot that Bosvile sure enough, an' ef y'arsk me, dearie, it was the son—the captain—the sodger.
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
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
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