Meaning

noun a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

noun a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

verb transport in a sleigh

originFrom Sledge (“a surname”), influenced by sledgehammer. First attested in the 1960s in Australian English. According to Ian Chappell, originated in Adelaide during the 1963/4 or 1964/5 Sheffield Shield season. A cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was taken to be as subtle as a sledgehammer (meaning unsubtle) and was called “Percy” or “Sledge”, from singer Percy Sledge (whose song When…

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