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DODGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
Synonyms:
corn dab; corn dodger; dodger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("dodger" is a kind of...):
cornbread (bread made primarily of cornmeal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A shifty deceptive person
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dodger" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Derivation:
dodge (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues))
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