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plural badgers
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger). examples
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin. examples
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
third-person singular simple present badgers, present participle badgering, simple past and past participle badgered
To pester; to annoy persistently; to press. quotations examples
"Yeah? Cool. Just a warning: people are going to badger you about that. It's practically inevitable for gay trans people."
2013 September 17, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 426 - Trans AND Gay
(obsolete) 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.