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dog⋅ger

1[daw-ger, dog-er]
–noun
a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.

Origin:
1325–75; ME < MD dogge fishing boat + -er -er 1

dog⋅ger

2[daw-ger, dog-er]
–noun Metalworking.
an assistant at a drawbench.

Origin:
dog + -er 1
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dogger 
"two-masted fishing boat," used in North Sea fishery, 1356, of unknown origin. It is the source of the name Dogger Bank (1666) for the great banks of shoals in the North Sea.
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