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Noun: dodger  dó-ju(r)
  1. [informal] A shifty deceptive person
    "Everyone knew he was a dodger and didn't trust his promises";
    - fox, slyboots [informal]
     
  2. [US] An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
    "Street vendors were handing out dodgers for the new restaurant";
    - circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway
     
  3. [informal] Small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)
    "Corn dodgers were a staple in traditional Southern cuisine";
    - corn dab, corn dodger

Derived forms: dodgers

Type of: ad [informal], advert [Brit], advertisement, advertising, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard], cornbread, deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest