hogger

[ haw-ger, hog-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that hogs.
2. Also called hoghead. Railroads Slang. a locomotive engineer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hogger¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; hog + -er ¹

Example Sentences

A descendant of Lieutenant Columbo, Hercule Poirot and Edgar Allan Poe’s genre-creating C. Auguste Dupin, Blanc is both a diviner of hidden meanings and a master of the obvious, the soul of discretion and a hogger of the spotlight.

From New York Times

Indeed, the past few days have seen non-stop huffing and puffing about how “hogger joggers” and “Lycra louts” are a blight on Britain.

From The Guardian

Jordan Bruno, 24, said that when he asks a Bart seat hogger to make room for him, he never has a problem.

From The Guardian

They said she was a self-centered spotlight hogger.

From Literature

The lane hogger is not doing themselves much good but they're also preventing the people following them from doing what they want to do.

From BBC