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dog-puncher
Slang
n.
a person who drives a dog team.
See also:
dog-driver
1899
 
"I hear you're looking for a dog-puncher," he said, awkwardly.
1928
 
. . . I made up my mind I would become a freighter, or what was called locally a "dog-puncher."
1964
 
. . . Arthur Treadwell, a young dog-puncher, arrived from Dawson with a load of mail.