dodger

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English

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Etymology

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From dodge +‎ -er.

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dodger (countable and uncountable, plural dodgers)

Dodger on a small sailing boat
  1. (countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
  2. (countable) A person full of tricks or street smarts.
  3. (countable, nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.
  4. (countable, Australia, slang) An advertising leaflet; a flyer.
  5. (uncountable, Australia, US, slang, dated) Bread.

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