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dodger

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dodg⋅er

  [doj-er]
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–noun
1. a person who dodges.
2. a shifty person, esp. 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.
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, esp. of bread.
Origin:
1560–70; dodge + -er 1
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corn·dodg·er   (kôrn'dŏj'ər)   
n.  

  1. Chiefly Southern U.S. A small round cornmeal cake that is baked or fried.

  2. Chiefly Southern Atlantic U.S. A dumpling of cornmeal that is boiled or steamed. Also called regionally dodger.

dodg·er   (dŏj'ər)   
n.  

  1. One that dodges or evades: a skilled dodger of reporters' questions.

  2. A shifty, dishonest person; a trickster.

  3. A small printed handbill.

  4. Chiefly Southern Atlantic U.S. See corndodger.

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