soger

1. (dated) A poor or lazy hand on a sailing vessel.Examples: "The captain called him a "soger," and promised to "ride him down as he would the main tack;" and when officers are once determined to "ride a man down," it is a gone case with him."; "I'd hang a lazy soger / The same as any other."; "Come aft, you lazy soger, an' see what de captain has to say 'bout dis," cried Worcester, pushing the man, who still grasped his knife, before him […]"dated

2. (obsolete or Scotland) Pronunciation spelling of soldier, representing nonstandardly-pronounced English, sojer.Scotlandalt-ofobsoletepronunciation-spelling