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dogger

1

[ daw-ger, dog-er ]

noun

  1. a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.


dogger

2

[ daw-ger, dog-er ]

noun

, Metalworking.
  1. an assistant at a drawbench.

dogger

1

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

  1. a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks


Dogger

2

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

  1. geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England

dogger

3

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

  1. a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts

dogger

4

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

  1. a hunter of dingoes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dogger1

1325–75; Middle English < Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat + -er -er 1

Origin of dogger2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dogger1

C17: of uncertain origin

Origin of dogger2

C14: probably from Middle Dutch dogge trawler

Origin of dogger3

C20: from dog (see sense 2a) + -er 1

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Example Sentences

A fresh northerly wind took us well out into the North Sea; then, a few days later, we lay becalmed on the Dogger.

He walked the plank at daybreak one grey stormy morning just off the Nethermost Ruff of the Dogger.

You'll see fishers of the Dogger Banks, and boats that go to Newfoundland, where the cod do feed.

South of the Dogger is a second and smaller shoal, known as the Well Bank.

Somewhere near the Dogger, probably on its north-eastern edge, the Germans were encountered.

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