soap-dodgern.
/ˈsəʊpˌdɒdʒə/, U.S. /ˈsoʊpˌdɑdʒər/ British slang (depreciative).
A scruffy or dirty person.
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1990 T. Thorne Bloomsbury Dict. Contemp. Slang 478/1 Soap-dodger.., a dirty, unkempt or smelly person, a ‘scruffbag’ or dosser.
1992 Independent (Nexis) 1 June 17 They are neither ‘crusties’—the dogs-on-string brigade (or soap-dodgers as the tabloids call them)—nor style fetishists.
2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 vi. 180 I felt quite insulted that Lydia had not chosen to tell me..something she'd relate over a couple of cans of Carling Black Label to a soap dodger.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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