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dodger

[doj-er] Origin

dodg·er

[doj-er]
noun
1.
a person who dodges.
2.
a shifty person, especially one who persistently evades a responsibility, as specified: tax dodger; draft dodger.
3.
a leafhopper.
4.
a small handbill; throwaway.
5.
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. corn dodger.
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6.
Nautical. a shield, as of canvas, erected on a flying bridge to protect persons on watch from wind, flying spray, etc.
7.
Australian. a large slice, lump, or portion of food, especially of bread.
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Origin:
1560–70; dodge + -er1
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Dodger is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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dodger (ˈdɒdʒə)
 
n
1.  a person who evades or shirks
2.  a shifty dishonest person
3.  a canvas shelter, mounted on a ship's bridge or over the companionway of a sailing yacht to protect the helmsman from bad weather
4.  archaic (US), (Austral) a handbill
5.  informal (Austral) food, esp bread

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dodger
1560s, "one who dodges," in the literal or figurative (especially underworld) senses of dodge. The U.S. word meaning "corn cake" is recorded from 1831.
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