Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
soldier . - noun The whelk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Dial. or Slang Variant of
soldier .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Variant of
soldier .
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Examples
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They're shuddered an 'shocked at the cruel an' bloody dades iv war, yet who so quick do they lose their hearts to as the brave butcher-bye iv a sodger?
CHAPTER 16 2010
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O? I gied it till a sodger, a sodger, a sodger,
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“A sodger, sir?” said the old woman, with a sigh, — “God send ye a better trade!”
Old Mortality 2004
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“Na, na,” answered the woman, with hesitation; “but to hear him asked after by a stranger and a sodger, — Gude protect us, what mischief is to come next!”
Old Mortality 2004
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“Do you know whom you have got hold of, sodger?” said he.
Lavengro 2004
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Bunch, and called down Clarence Drum about being such a high-and-mighty sodger.
Babbit 2004
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“Good-evening to ye, sodger,” says the fellow, stepping close up to Bagg, and staring him in the face.
Lavengro 2004
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Could you love a sodger noo, could you lay doon ayont me
Adam Cameron 2000
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I could love a sodger noo, and I'll lay doon ayont ye
Adam Cameron 2000
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When came the conscript officer and took me for a sodger.
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