clogger
(ˈklɒgə(r))
[f. clog n. + -er1.]
1. One who makes clogs, or wooden soles for shoes. (A distinct trade in the north.)
| 1745 Manchester School Reg. (1866) I. 26 John, son of John Wilson of Manchester, Clogger. 1832 Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 314 The clogger is..still sometimes a separate trade from the shoemaker. 1883 Standard 5 Dec. 3/7 The accused were a clogger, and his apprentice. |
2. [Perh. directly f. the vb.] Assoc. Football. One who tackles heavily, usu. fouling his opponent. colloq.
| 1970 Times 7 Oct. 14/2 There are cloggers in football and it is more than a healthy reaction to cherish the thought of one day getting one's revenge. 1980 D. Morris Tribal Words [MS.], The term clogger..today has become exclusively used inside the Soccer Tribe to describe a brutal, heavy-footed hacker. It also carries the implication of stupidity (‘they were a crude bunch of cloggers’). |