SPRAGGER

Domain	Definition
Mining	In anthracite and bituminous coal mining, a laborer who rides trains of cars and controls their free movement down gently sloping inclines by throwing switches and by poking sprags (short, stout, metal or woodenrods) between the wheel spokes to stop them. (references)
Occupations	Controls movement of railroad or mine cars to position cars for loading or unloading at sidings, loading chutes, tipples, or scales, performing any combination of following tasks: Pushes or rides cars down slope. Guides and stops cars by switching, applying brakes, or placing scotches (wooden wedges) between wheel and rail. Uncouples and positions railroad car under loading chutes by inserting pinch bar under car wheels, using bar as fulcrum and lever to move car. Hooks cable to car and controls cable drum brake to ease car down incline. Opens and closes bottom doors of cars to dump contents. May assist in cleaning and preparing cars for loading. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: SPRAGGER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-g-p-r-r-s"
	-1 letter: grasper, sparger.
	-2 letters: aggers, eggars, gagers, gapers, gasper, grapes, pagers, parers, parges, parser, rapers, rasper, sagger, seggar, sparer, sparge.
	-3 letters: agers, agger, apers, apres, asper, eggar, gager, gages, gaper, gapes, gears, grape, grasp, pager, pages, parer, pares, parge, parrs, parse, peags, pears, prase, presa, rages, raper, rapes, rares, raser, reaps, rears, sager, sarge.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-g-p-r-r-s"
	+2 letters: ergographs.
	+3 letters: geographers.
	+5 letters: carpetbaggers, glossographer, hagiographers, supercharging.
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