单词 | swamper |
释义 | swamper/ˈswɒmpə /noun informal, dated 1North American An assistant to the captain of a riverboat or to a lorry driver.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....
2North American A worker who trims felled trees and clears a road for lumberers in a forest.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. 3US A native or inhabitant of a swampy region. |
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