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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dodger \dodg"er\, n.
     1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or
        uses tricky devices. --Smart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A small handbill. [U. S.]


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     3. See {Corndodger}.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dodger \Dodg"er\, prop. n.
     a member of the professional baseball team called the
     Dodgers. At one time the team was headquartered in Brooklyn,
     New York, when it was called the Borrooklyn Dodgers, but the
     franchise was transferred to Los Angeles.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dodger
       n 1: a shifty deceptive person [syn: {fox}, {slyboots}]
       2: small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly
          Southern) [syn: {corn dab}, {corn dodger}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  145 Moby Thesaurus words for "dodger":
     Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli,
     Machiavellian, Philadelphia lawyer, Yankee horse trader, actor,
     aegis, arm guard, ash cake, ash pone, backstop, bamboozler,
     befuddler, beguiler, buffer, bulwark, bumper, bungler, charmer,
     contraceptive, copyright, corn dab, corn dodger, corn pone,
     counterfeiter, crafty rascal, crash helmet, cushion, dashboard,
     deceiver, deluder, disregarder, dissembler, dissimulator,
     double-dealer, duper, enchanter, entrancer, face mask, faker,
     fender, finger guard, fooler, foot guard, forger, fox, fuse,
     gay deceiver, glib tongue, goggles, goldbrick, goof-off, governor,
     guard, guardrail, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, helmet, hoaxer,
     hoecake, horse trader, hush puppy, hypnotizer, idler, ignorer,
     insulation, interlock, jilt, jilter, johnnycake, joker, jokester,
     kidder, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, leg-puller,
     life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod,
     malingerer, mask, mesmerizer, misleader, mudguard, neglecter,
     negligent, nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, patent, pilot,
     plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, pone, practical joker,
     preventive, procrastinator, prophylactic, protective clothing,
     protective umbrella, ragger, reynard, role-player, safeguard,
     safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes,
     safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, seducer, shield,
     shin guard, shirker, shyster, slacker, slick citizen, sloven, slut,
     sly dog, slyboots, spoofer, sun helmet, sweet talker, swindler,
     tease, teaser, tortilla, trickster, trifler, umbrella,
     waiter on Providence, windscreen, windshield
  
  

















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