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dogger
1[ daw-ger, dog-er ]
noun
- a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
dogger
2[ daw-ger, dog-er ]
noun
, Metalworking.
- an assistant at a drawbench.
dogger
1/ ˈdɒɡə /
noun
- a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks
dogger
2/ ˈdɒɡə /
noun
- a hunter of dingoes
Dogger
3/ ˈdɒɡə /
noun
- geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England
dogger
4/ ˈdɒɡə /
noun
- a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dogger1
C17: of uncertain origin
Origin of dogger2
C20: from dog (see sense 2a) + -er 1
Origin of dogger3
C14: probably from Middle Dutch dogge trawler
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Example Sentences
A fresh northerly wind took us well out into the North Sea; then, a few days later, we lay becalmed on the Dogger.
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He walked the plank at daybreak one grey stormy morning just off the Nethermost Ruff of the Dogger.
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You'll see fishers of the Dogger Banks, and boats that go to Newfoundland, where the cod do feed.
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South of the Dogger is a second and smaller shoal, known as the Well Bank.
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Somewhere near the Dogger, probably on its north-eastern edge, the Germans were encountered.
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