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dodg·er
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ər
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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:
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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