dragsmann.
/ˈdraɡzmən/ 1. The driver of a drag or coach.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of specific type of carriage
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1812 Sporting Mag. 39 284 He slanged the dragsman..which means that he sneaked away from the coach, without even apologizing for his want of means of paying.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story i He had..a nod for the shooter or guard, and a bow for the dragsman.
1885 New Bk. Sports 166 Men do not drive nowadays with the skill which used to characterize the gentleman dragsman.
2. Rogues' cant. A robber of vehicles, a dragger.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > of vehicles
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1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 169 Dragsman, a thief who follows the game of dragging.
1862 J. Binny in H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) Extra vol. 332/1 ‘Dragsmen’, i.e. those persons who steal goods or luggage from carts and coaches.
3. One employed to drag a river-bed, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > divers or dredgers > [noun] > dredger
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1896 Daily News 15 Apr. 6/5 When every inch of the dark river bed..has been raked..the dragsmen..move round on to the towing path and begin again.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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