I am rusty and ponderous at the start, like an old dredger that has stuck too long in the mud.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford
As Philo Gubb approached, Long Sam ceased speaking, and his audience and Mr. Gubb's gallery merged into one great circle which respectfully looked and listened while Mr. Gubb questioned the mussel dredger.
"Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective"
Ellis Parker Butler
It is raised with a steam dredger of 20 horse power, and emptied into flat boats, seven in number, which are drawn to the works by an endless rope operated by horse power.
"Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel"
Samuel William Johnson