n. An idle, worthless fellow, especially one who sponges on others for a living; a dissolute fellow; a loafer; a tramp; in United States political slang, a low politician; a heeler; a “boy.”n. During the civil war in the United States, a camp-follower or a plundering straggler.n. A small truck with two low wheels and a long pole, used in skidding logs. Also called a drag-cart.