1325–75; Middle English < Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat + -er -er 1
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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
Jocularly remarking that he reckoned he would have to ride this tin broncho with a slick heel, the "dogger" unbuckled his spurs and stepped into the boat.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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
That was about all I arrived in time to hear, but the "dogger" had been more fortunate.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
I have had a worse cruise than a dismantled Dutch dogger on the Goodwin Sands.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
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