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dodger
dodg·er D0318500 (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. Nautical A lightweight structure, as of canvas stretched over a frame, that partly screens a hatch or companionway from wind and spray.5. Chiefly Southern Atlantic US See corn dodger.dodger (ˈdɒdʒə) n1. a person who evades or shirks2. a shifty dishonest person3. (Nautical Terms) a canvas shelter, mounted on a ship's bridge or over the companionway of a sailing yacht to protect the helmsman from bad weather4. (Historical Terms) archaic US and Austral a handbill5. (Cookery) informal Austral food, esp breaddodg•er (ˈdɒdʒ ər)
n. 1. a person who dodges. 2. a shifty person, esp. one who persistently evades a responsibility, as specified: tax dodger. 3. a small handbill; throwaway. [1560–70] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  dodger - a shifty deceptive person slyboots, foxbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | | 2. | dodger - small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)corn dab, corn dodgercornbread - bread made primarily of cornmeal |
dodgernoun evader, avoider, abstainer, sidestepper, bilker a crackdown on tax dodgersTranslationsdodger
artful dodgerA rogue or miscreant who avoids getting in trouble for their crimes, mischief, or bad behavior through crafty or ingenious means. Taken from the name of a clever pickpocket in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. She's always causing mischief, but she's such an artful dodger that she always finds a way to get out of trouble.See also: artful, dodgercoffin-dodger1. One who is elderly. Primarily heard in the UK. Only coffin-dodgers go grocery shopping at 10 AM on a Tuesday morning.2. One who smokes. You can probably bum a cig off one of the coffin-dodgers out back.coffin-dodger (ˈkɔfnæ dɑdʒɚ) n. a heavy smoker. I just hate these damn coffin-dodgers who smoke right outside the door! Artful Dodgera sly person, especially one involved in dubious or criminal activities. It was the nickname of Jack Dawkins, a young pickpocket in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. The character survives in the stage and movie musical Oliver!, which was based on the Dickens novel, but the phrase as applied to a “sneaky Pete” is now rarely if ever heard. “Dodger” in the sense of evading danger inspired the name of the Brooklyn (now Los Angeles) baseball team; in its early years in Brooklyn, the team was the “Trolley Dodgers.” Brooklyn had many streetcar lines, and to play in the streets required youngsters to dodge streetcars, and “trolley dodger” became the slang term for anyone from that borough.See also: artful, dodgerdodger
dodger1. Nautical a canvas shelter, mounted on a ship's bridge or over the companionway of a sailing yacht to protect the helmsman from bad weather 2. Archaic US and Austral a handbill DODGER
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dodger
Related to dodger: Artful DodgerSynonyms for dodgernoun evaderSynonyms- evader
- avoider
- abstainer
- sidestepper
- bilker
Synonyms for dodgernoun a shifty deceptive personSynonymsRelated Words- beguiler
- cheater
- deceiver
- trickster
- slicker
- cheat
noun small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)SynonymsRelated Words |