ˈplough-ˌjogger, plow-
One who jogs or pushes a plough; a ploughman. (humorous or contemptuous.)
| 1605 R. Armin Foole upon F. (1880) 23 A Country Plow Jogger..secretly stole a peece of Shoomakers waxe,..and coming behind him, clapt him on the head. 1658 Cleveland Rustic Rampant Wks. (1687) 429 A medley..of Botchers, Coblers,..Draymen,..and Plough-joggers. c 1787 in Q. Rev. Jan. (1882) 66 He was..a plain man..who begged to say a few words to his ‘brother plough-joggers’. a 1852 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xx. 207, I wanted old Dawson's wife to see't I'd got a pardner ruther above a common plow-jogger, such as hern is. 1862 Harper's Mag. Nov. 782/2 City folks most generally fetch along a lot of traps and finery to show off afore us plowjoggers. 1865 Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. V. 255 At least the old plow jogger will be mounted on his buggy seat. |