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English
Noun
sojer (plural sojers)
- Alternative form of soger
1876, Various, Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876:Depositing his burden upon a little stand within easy reach of the sofa, Billy turned to leave, but paused as his eye wandered down the opening vista of the avenue, and after gazing for a moment in silence he suddenly exclaimed, "Dere's two sojer gemplemans comin' t'rough de big gate."
1894, Thomas Hardy, “ Andrey Satchell and the Parson and Clerk”, in Life’s Little Ironies , London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., , →OCLC, page 256:[T]he plan was that as soon as they were married they would make out a holiday by driving straight off to Port Bredy, to see the ships and the sea and the sojers, […]
1899, Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley In the Hearts of His Countrymen:As he passed, a young Fr-rinch sojer was with diff'culty resthrained fr'm sthrikin' him an' embracin' him with tears in his eyes.
1929, Baldwyn Dyke Acland, chapter 2, in Filibuster:“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"