gadger

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== gadger (plural gadgers) (fishing) A stonefly nymph used as bait. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gadger (plural gadgers) Alternative form of gadje == Franco-Provençal == === Verb === gadger (Comtois) alternative form of gouardar (“to guard”) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*wardôn”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 510