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Sapper   /sˈæpər/   Listen
Sapper

noun
1.
A military engineer who lays or detects and disarms mines.
2.
A military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications).





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"Sapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... an' poor thing expectin' 'at it wur i'th' wrong place jumpt aat just at th' time 'at he wur wistling to start, an' wur catcht bi th' tail an' th' poor thing lost it, for it wur cut off as clean as a wistle. A crookt legg'd pedl'r come fra Keighla one day wi' winter edges, an' thay tuk him for a sapper an' miner 'at hed com to mezhur for th' railway, an' mind yo they did mak sammat on him, thay thout 'at th' winter edges wur th' apparatus to mezhur by. But hasumever th' reightens cum at after, an' a sore disaster thay ...
— Th' History o' Haworth Railway - fra' th' beginnin' to th' end, wi' an ackaant o' th' oppnin' serrimony • Bill o'th' Hoylus End


Words linked to "Sapper" :   military engineer, armed services, military machine, sap, military, war machine, army engineer, armed forces


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