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Meanings of draft dodger in English

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Someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve.

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Examples for "draft evader"
Examples for "draft evader"
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The first residents of the Thicket were jayhawkers, or draft evaders who hid out there.
The new yorker
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It also proposed backing up the policy by levying stiff financial penalties against any future draft evaders.
Reuters
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He's been merciless in his prosecution of slackers and draft evaders and has made himself quite famous.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
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The New Yorker, June 12, 1943 P. 11 Excuses offered by draft evaders.
The new yorker
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His platform not only called for ending the Vietnam War, but greatly reducing defence spending and amnesty for draft evaders.
Reuters
Usage of draft dodger in English
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I'm not even sure exactly what the draft dodger army looks like.
War Slut
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While there, he met an American draft dodger named Julian Castle.
Cat’s Cradle
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A draft dodger who pays his first-year know-nothings more than I'll ever make.
True blue
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When he grew up, he was almost certain to turn out a draft dodger.
The new yorker
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This is rich as it comes from the most famous draft dodger in history.
The Irish Times
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Coverage of a 2006 draft dodger reunion in Vancouver.
Spider bones: a novel
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We should hang him like a draft dodger.
War Slut
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Jean Laurier of Hemmingford, Quebec, was clearly John Charles Lowery, a Vietnam draft dodger from Lumberton, North Carolina.
Spider bones: a novel
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No longer viewed as a draft dodger, Ali became exalted as a trailblazer, who fought feverishly for his beliefs.
Ebony
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His skill as a draft dodger had earned him a great reputation among many of his fellows equally diffident in their will to serve.
Men of Affairs
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But 17-year-old Israeli " draft dodger" Saar Vardi says if more people thought like her, the Middle East would be a more peaceful place.
Reuters
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Then we'll wipe these draft dodgers off the face of the planet.
War Slut
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Moore said Canadians opened their border to American draft dodgers during the Vietnam War.
Reuters
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Just in case there were draft dodgers hiding out here.
War Slut
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Many draft dodgers have sought to renounce their Serbian citizenship to avoid prosecution, Malovic said.
Reuters
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The draft dodgers aren't supposed to be advanced enough to create these types of slag-shots.
War Slut
Translations for draft dodger
Catalan
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