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

SSE is constructing the Dogger Bank wind farm, which will be the world's largest, and it has permission to build the Berwick Bank array, off the south-east coast of Scotland, which will then become the world's largest when it is completed.

From BBC

And yet, what should be a relatively simple experience has turned into a weekly game of “Frogger” — or, perhaps, “Dogger” — where civilians are forced to look out for a pooch in their path, lest they incur the wrath of the yuppie elite.

From Salon

"The harbour porpoises of the North Sea fare better. It's probably because they have more space to move around and follow the shoals of fish. And they have moved. When we started counting them, they were mostly living in the northern part of the North Sea. Today, many of them have gone south past Dogger Bank towards the English Channel," Signe Sveegaard says.

From Science Daily

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

From BBC

Most of the UK's offshore wind farms are in England - Dogger Bank off the coast of Yorkshire is the largest in the world.

From BBC