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dodgery

American

[doj-uh-ree] / ˈdɒdʒ ə ri /

noun

the use of a dodge or dodges; trickery; duplicity.

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Inflected Forms

noun

dodgeries

plural

Etymology

Origin of dodgery

First recorded in 1660–70; dodger + -y ³

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