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

In his own estimation he was, indeed, in absolute solitude, and, so far, his felicity was unbroken; but his steps had been dogged that morning, and the dogger was Junkie.

From The Eagle Cliff by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

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)

Seeing from afar what was happening, the mate and six men who had been sent to board the dogger now returned to the Sincerity.

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