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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

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

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

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

Dogger, statute of;   dogger fish, trade in regulated;   regrating of dogger fish forbidden;   storage and preservation;   must be sold before night.

From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup

But thereupon a riotous and angry mob, fearing that the cruiser should be able to get under weigh and seize the Dutch dogger, refused to allow Sidebotham to let go the ropes.

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

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

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

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023

They will be used to build the world's largest offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022

Doggerland—which University of Exeter archaeologist Bryony Coles named in the 1990s after the Dogger Banks, a productive North Sea fishing spot—extended from Amsterdam up to Scotland and southern Norway.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 30, 2020

South of the Dogger is a second and smaller shoal, known as the Well Bank.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward