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

"On the pay slips I'm a boundary rider," he says, when quizzed, "but the locals call me a dogger."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thirty barrels of powther, landed out of a Dunkirk dogger in the auld lord's time—a' in the vau'ts of the auld tower,—the fire canna be far off it, I trow.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

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)

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)

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