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Tramper
·noun One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Shingle
·vt To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. II. Shingle ·noun A sign for an office or a shop...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
shingle
A jocose term for a sign-board, placed over a shop-door or office. Doctors and dentists from the Un...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
shingle
Coarse gravel, or stones rounded by the action of water; it is used as ballast. ...

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shingle-splitting
vb. n. obsolete Tasmanianslang. 1830. `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 89: «When a man gets behindhand ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
ballast-shingle
Composed of coarse gravel. ...

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