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cager|ˈkeɪdʒɛ(r)|
[f. cage v. or n. + -er1.]
1. One who encloses in a cage. rare.
1889Browning Asolando 5 Boy-Cupid's exemplary catcher and cager.
2. An operative who attends to a cage (in various trades).
1908Daily Chron. 24 Apr. 7/5 The cager was..engaged in another part of the mine. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §§043, 056, 339, 399.
▸ N. Amer. Sport colloq. A basketball player. Cf. cage n. Additions c.
In quot. 1905 in pl. as the name of a specific basketball team.
1905Boston Globe 17 Jan. 11/7 In the first game of the scrub basket-ball series at Harvard yesterday afternoon the Cagers defeated the Loose Screws, 20 to 0. 1912Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 20 Nov. 10/1 High cagers to have short season... The Sandusky High School will have but two basket ball games at home. 1922Ardmore (Oklahoma) Daily Press 1 Jan. 1/6 Loco High School will return to Wilson next Friday when a game with the Wilson High cagers will occur. 1990Inside Sports Dec. 7/2 Charlie Vincent..analyzes five players who come closest to being the ideal cager. 2005Mich. Chron. (Electronic ed.) 14–20 Dec. c7 Primas was the second Black PSL cager to make All-American in the college ranks. |
