fogger

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A middleman operating between the producers and the wholesalers in the nail and chain making industries.


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Origin:
mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). Probably from Fogger, former spelling in English texts of Fugger, the surname of a family of wealthy mercantile bankers and venture capitalists from Augsburg, Germany, in the 15th and 16th centuries


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- An agricultural labourer chiefly employed to feed and look after cattle. Compare fodderer.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Hughes (1822–1896), social reformer and children's writer. Apparently from fog + -er


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A machine or device which produces or disperses a fog of pesticide, fungicide, etc.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From fog + -er




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