frogger

noun

frog·​ger

-gə(r)

plural -s

1

: a logger who helps to load logs and timber on sleds or drays for removal from the forest

called also trailer, zoogler

2

: a person that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal the yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled : chaser

Word History

Etymology

frog entry 1 + -er

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