sapper
Example Sentences
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"Of course, it slows down the movement of troops," said the commander of a nine-man sapper squad with the call sign Dill.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
He was a sapper in the Royal Engineers, attached to the Parachute Regiment for a few days, with the specific job of clearing barricades.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2018
A sapper contracted a fever and realized that her wisdom teeth were coming in.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017
Good riddance, summer, you sapper of energy, you bringer-on of headaches.Coming to London, I learned a quieter love for October.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2010
He promised that we would soon have a satire acted upon the rebels, writ by the notorious wit Major-General Burgoyne, with curtain-tunes and airs by this same excellent sapper to please the crowd.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
