dredger

From dredge +‎ -er.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛdʒ.ə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdʒə(ɹ)

dredger (plural dredgers)

1. (nautical) A vessel equipped for the removal of sand or sediment from the seabed.
   • 1923, Marine Engineer and Naval Architect - Volume 46‎^[1], page 162:

     The section includes also combination bucket and suction dredges, true suction dredgers, the Friihling dredge, the reclamation dredge, the longshoot dredge, the hopper barge, the self-propelling hopper, and the rock cutter.

2. One who fishes with a dredge.
3. A dredging machine.
4. A container with a perforated lid, used to sprinkle sugar or flour.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 32:

     In the kitchen Mrs. Piper was busy with a flour dredger, a rolling pin, and a basin of dough.

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