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单词 swamper
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Definition of swamper in English:

swamper

noun ˈswɒmpəˈswämpər
dated, informal
  • 1North American A labourer, especially one employed as a general assistant to a riverboat captain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because they could pull two wagons and a water tender if needed with a two-man crew, a teamster and a swamper, they cut desert freighting labor costs by half.
    • To turn right in Vietnam, the signal light is thoughtfully activated, a swamper in the passenger seat warns the motorcycles of a right-hand turn with a downward waving of his hand, and the vehicle turns right - from the far left lane.
    1. 1.1 A worker who trims felled trees and clears a road for lumberers in a forest.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The boss, his lieutenants, the cook, and cookees sit in front; lowly ‘swampers,’ or road builders, with their double-bitted axes, stand out-of-focus at the rear.
  • 2US A native or inhabitant of a swampy region.

 
 

Definition of swamper in US English:

swamper

nounˈswämpər
dated, informal
  • 1North American A laborer, especially one employed as a general assistant to a riverboat captain.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because they could pull two wagons and a water tender if needed with a two-man crew, a teamster and a swamper, they cut desert freighting labor costs by half.
    • To turn right in Vietnam, the signal light is thoughtfully activated, a swamper in the passenger seat warns the motorcycles of a right-hand turn with a downward waving of his hand, and the vehicle turns right - from the far left lane.
    1. 1.1 A worker who trims felled trees and clears a road for lumberers in a forest.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The boss, his lieutenants, the cook, and cookees sit in front; lowly ‘swampers,’ or road builders, with their double-bitted axes, stand out-of-focus at the rear.
  • 2US A native or inhabitant of a swampy region.

 
 
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