dogger1
[daw-ger, dog-er]
- a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel with a blunt bow, used in the North Sea.
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dogger2
[daw-ger, dog-er]
- an assistant at a drawbench.
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Origin of dogger2
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Historical Examples
How it came about that he was bound for the Dogger Bank needs explanation.
Chatterbox, 1905.Various
In 1781 the Cleopatra was in the action off the Dogger Bank, but in 1783 was paid off.
Cornish CharactersS. Baring-Gould
That was about all I arrived in time to hear, but the "dogger" had been more fortunate.
Down the YellowstoneLewis R. Freeman
The Dogger Bank is frequented by numbers of French fishing-boats.
The Dogger was at anchor, and the crew fishing, when the pirates attacked them.
The Pirates' Who's WhoPhilip Gosse
dogger1
- a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts
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Word Origin
C14: probably from Middle Dutch dogge trawler
dogger2
- a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks
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Word Origin
C17: of uncertain origin
dogger3
- Australian a hunter of dingoes
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Word Origin
C20: from dog (see sense 2a) + -er 1
Dogger
- geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England
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Word Origin and History for 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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