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Meanings of dodger in anglès

portuguès
raposo
català
picardiós
espanyol
gato

A shifty deceptive person.

picardiós

Small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

Synonyms
Examples for "fox"
Examples for "fox"
1
The wolf will be always wolfish; the fox will be always foxy.
Aesop's Fables; a new translation
2
Margaret danced with most of the young men, waltzes and American fox-trots.
The Young Lions
3
With her fox-terriers, Dummy and Fussie; from a photograph taken in 1889
The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
4
Mr Fox said talks would continue over Christmas and the new year.
BBC
5
Result: panic at Fox News due to the potential loss of advertising.
The Guardian
1
Are you very sure that Antoinette may not be a slyboots?
Samuel Brohl and Company
2
And to each of them the little slyboots replied,-
Stories to Tell to Children
3
My lord burst out, with a laugh and an oath-Youyoung slyboots, you've been at Nancy Sievewright.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
4
Oh, you slyboots! says the Countess.
The Virginians
5
Ah, slyboots that she is!
The Haunted Chamber: A Novel
Usage of dodger in anglès
1
I'm not even sure exactly what the draft dodger army looks like.
War Slut
2
The large black type of an advertising dodger loomed among the letters.
The Perils of Pauline
3
Rail dodger avoids prosecution Passengers call for his prosecution Hero or villain?
The Guardian
4
I can't have you pointed out as a spendthrift and a dodger.
Kennedy Square
5
And if you see Cantor, give my regards to the old coffin-dodger.
Down On The Farm
6
She was becoming increasingly distressed at being labelled a test dodger, he said.
Radio NZ
7
While there, he met an American draft dodger named Julian Castle.
Cat’s Cradle
8
His midday lunch was a corn dodger, which he carried in his pocket.
Stories of Later American History
9
A draft dodger who pays his first-year know-nothings more than I'll ever make.
True blue
10
Our friend from the Ile Saint Louis is an artful dodger, you know.
The Teeth of the Tiger
11
How this is done depends on which dodger is being sawed.
War Slut
12
He stared about him, tapping the weather-dodger with his fingers, and whistled reflectively.
London River
13
But when my pals are in danger, I'm not a dodger any more.
Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
14
Turned down for that fellow Prescott--thatshifty dodger and cheap bootlick!
Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point; Or, Standing Firm for ...
15
Later he told the soldier that he was a draft-dodger in the last war.
The new yorker
16
Everyone who amounted to anything was a draft-dodger in the last war.... View Article
The new yorker
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Translations for dodger
portuguès
raposo
espanyol
gatopájaro
Dodger through the time