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  dogger

  noun

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Seeing from afar what was happening, the mate and six men who had been sent to board the dogger now returned to the Sincerity.

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

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

From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan

Thirty barrels of powther, landed out of a Dunkirk dogger in the auld lord's time—a' in the vau'ts of the auld tower,—the fire canna be far off it, I trow.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott

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 Robert Kerr

A few mountains away from Breckenridge, in Aspen Snowmass, a ski-in/ski-out operation called the Hot Dogger recently started serving its namesake item with toppings like furkake, nori and wasabi relish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

According to the results, glaciers may have moved rocks from Scotland part of the way, possibly reaching Dogger Bank in what is now the North Sea.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

"We are investing in Rosebank but we are also investing in Dogger Bank - the world's largest windfarm," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024

Dogger, and the winner would be the client of the more effective machine.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023

The ship lay in one of the innumerable channels that divide the shoals of the Dogger Bank.

From Submarine U93 by Charles Gilson