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dodger [ˈdɒdʒə] n
1. a person who evades or shirks 2. a shifty dishonest person 3. (Transport / 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 weather 4. (Historical Terms) Archaic US and Austral a handbill 5. (Cookery) Austral informal food, esp bread ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Under this impression, he secretly resolved to cultivate the good opinion of the old gentleman as quickly as possible; and, if he found the Dodger incorrigible, as he more than half suspected he should, to decline the honour of his farther acquaintance. You can't be a gallivanting dodger,' said Fledgeby. He walks off to starboard, and sits under the dodger on a little campstool of his, and for half an hour perhaps he makes no sound, except that I heard him sneeze once. |
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