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hedger|ˈhɛdʒə(r)|
[f. hedge n. or v. + -er1.]
1. One who makes, repairs, or trims hedges.
c1515Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 11 Hedgers, dykers, and mowers. 1634Milton Comus 293 The swinkt hedger at his supper sat. 1791Boswell Johnson 3 Apr. an. 1776, A pair of large gloves such as hedgers use. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. i. ii. §1 The hedgers and ditchers, who made the fences necessary for the protection of the crop.
2. One who hedges; a shuffler.
1728Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 401 The Go ons and Non liquets, too often hedgers and skulkers. a1845Hood Ode to Rae Wilson xix, A black-leg saint, a spiritual hedger.
3. One who ‘hedges’ in betting.
1873Slang Dict. s.v., The hedger..cannot lose, providing his information or judgement lead to the required result. |