badger

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1. badger - Noun

2. badger - Verb

3. Badger - Proper noun

Meaning

An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

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The children teased the boy because of his stammer Source: Internet

A brave and a skilled fighter, Badger helped clear the Wild Wooders from Toad Hall with his large cudgel. Source: Internet

Another badger special adviser has laid out plans for all MPs and senior civil servants to wear a white streak in their hair, for easy identification. Source: Internet

A non-profit group, Friends of Badger Mountain, worked to procure this shrub-steppe area that has most native vegetation intact and then in 2005 built a trail to the summit so others can enjoy it. Source: Internet

Boilermakers vs. Gophers: It could take a bit, but the boilermaker eventually lands a hit on the badger with his hammer. Source: Internet

Billy the Badger wears the number 79 Fulham shirt, in reference to the club's year of founding, 1879. Source: Internet

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