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  dogger

  noun

  a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
• Dogger
  Dogger

  noun

  geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England

dogger

¹ American  

[daw-ger, dog-er] / ˈdɔ gər, ˈdɒg ər /

noun

1. a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.

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dogger ² American  

[daw-ger, dog-er] / ˈdɔ gər, ˈdɒg ər /

noun

Metalworking.

1. an assistant at a drawbench.

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Dogger ¹ British  

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

1. geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England

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dogger ² British  

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

1. a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts

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dogger ³ British  

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

1. a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks

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dogger ⁴ British  

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

1. a hunter of dingoes

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Etymology

Origin of dogger¹

1325–75; Middle English < Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat + -er -er ¹

Origin of dogger²

dog + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"On the pay slips I'm a boundary rider," he says, when quizzed, "but the locals call me a dogger."

From Time Magazine Archive

I have had a worse cruise than a dismantled Dutch dogger on the Goodwin Sands.

From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford

Whereupon the dogger, perceiving her chance, promptly got under way.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)

He immediately proceeded to follow the Dutch dogger, and chased her until she had, perforce, to run herself on to the sands at Ramsey to the north of the island.

From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)

At last we agreed with the master of a Dutch dogger to land us at Dover, and paid him beforehand.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert