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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dodger
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
draft dodger
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tax
▪ Read in studio Police have begun a campaign against car tax dodgers.
▪ The government, it seems, is counting heavily on getting money from tax dodgers.
▪ And the trawl for tax dodgers also threw up other misdemeanours.
▪ And he identified poll tax dodgers as part of the problem.
▪ Poll tax dodgers know the system will be scrapped in April and replaced by the Council Tax.
▪ The most overwhelming support came for the Revenue's work in deterring and seeking out tax dodgers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But it wasn't just the disc dodgers who found themselves in trouble.
▪ Charivari drink Rioja the dodger Could a crafty change of grape mean a change in fortune?
▪ Payment dodgers will face a fine of £80.
▪ Read in studio Police have begun a campaign against car tax dodgers.
▪ The government, it seems, is counting heavily on getting money from tax dodgers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
dodger

dodger \dodg"er\, n.

  1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.
    --Smart.

  2. A small handbill. [U. S.]

  3. See Corndodger.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
dodger

1560s, "one who dodges," in the literal or figurative (especially underworld) senses of dodge. The U.S. word meaning "corn cake" is recorded from 1831, perhaps a different word (compare Northern English dialectal dodge "lump, large piece," 1560s).

Wiktionary
dodger

n. 1 One who dodges. 2 (context nautical English) 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.

WordNet
dodger
  1. n. a shifty deceptive person [syn: fox, slyboots]

  2. small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly Southern) [syn: corn dab, corn dodger]

Wikipedia
Dodger (sailing)

A dodger (also known as a spray-hood) is a frame-supported canvas (usually with clear vinyl windows) structure partially protecting a helmsman and other occupants of a sailboat from harsh weather and seas. It covers part of the cockpit and the entrance (or " companionway") into the interior of the sailboat. One can usually stand under a dodger and be protected from rain, spray and snow travelling straight down or from the front/fore of the craft. There is little protection afforded from elements moving from aft to fore, but since the boat is usually moving forward or anchored by the bow and therefore facing into the wind this is seldom a problem. A similar type of shelter on a boat, without the forward and side protection, is called a Bimini top. Increased protection for the occupants of the cockpit is possible using a combination of dodgers/bimini tops and dodger extension.

Dodger

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Dodger (novel)

Dodger is a novel written by Terry Pratchett, set in early Victorian London, and inspired by Charles Dickens' character the Artful Dodger. The book was released on 13 September 2012 in the UK.

Usage examples of "dodger".

He was prepared for the presence of Dodger, whom he rightly concluded to be the agent of Tim Bolton, but he could not understand why Florence should be in the library at this late hour.

She was alone at the breakfast table, for the usual hour was half-past eight, and she had appointed Dodger to call for her at eight.

Florence was dressed as beseemed her station, while Dodger, in spite of his manly, attractive face, was roughly attired, and looked like a working boy.

Grand Street, and Dodger led the way to an apple-stand, presided over by a lady of ample proportions, whose broad, Celtic face seemed to indicate alike shrewd good sense and a kindly spirit.

The little experience she had had with Dodger satisfied her that she should enjoy teaching better than sewing or writing.

Leighton would say if she could see Dodger, the only pupil she ever had.

At first his attention was given chiefly to improving his reading and spelling, for Dodger was far from fluent in the first, while his style of spelling many words was strikingly original.

One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, and struck down toward the river, Dodger carrying the valise.

Julius came upstairs on a run, half inclined to believe that Dodger had really become insane.

The one essential thing, then, seemed to be to get Dodger out of the city.

New York, where many of the streets are tolerably well filled even at midnight, people get in the way of sitting up much later than in the country, and Dodger was no exception to this rule.

The next day Dodger felt considerably better, and ventured to go upon deck.

Never in his life had Dodger been so well supplied with clothing before.

He might keep him over night, but Dodger would come back in the morning.

Two boys asked to carry his valise, but he shook his head till Dodger came round, and he engaged him right off.