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dogger

1
[daw-ger, dog-er]
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noun

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

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Nearby words

  1. dogface,
  2. dogfight,
  3. dogfish,
  4. dogged,
  5. doggedly,
  6. dogger bank,
  7. doggerel,
  8. doggery,
  9. doggett's coat and badge race,
  10. doggie

Origin of dogger

1
1325–75; Middle English < Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat + -er -er1

dogger

2
[daw-ger, dog-er]

noun Metalworking.

an assistant at a drawbench.

Origin of dogger

2
dog + -er1
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British Dictionary definitions for dogger

dogger

1

noun

a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts

Word Origin for dogger

C14: probably from Middle Dutch dogge trawler

noun

a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks

Word Origin for dogger

C17: of uncertain origin

noun

Australian a hunter of dingoes

Word Origin for dogger

C20: from dog (see sense 2a) + -er 1

Dogger

noun

geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England
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Word Origin and History for dogger

dogger

n.

"two-masted fishing boat," used in North Sea fishery, mid-14c., of unknown origin. It likely is the source of the name Dogger Bank (1660s) for the great banks of shoals in the North Sea.

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