dogger

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch, from dogger (codfish).

Noun

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dogger (plural doggers)

  1. A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
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Etymology 2

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From dog (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

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dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (British) A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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dogger

  1. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Etymology 4

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From dog +‎ -er.

Noun

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dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (Australia) A wild dog trapper employed in the pastoral industry.[1]

Etymology 5

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From dog (part of a crane that holds the items to be lifted) +‎ -er, from the fact that such a person would often ride on the load lifted by the crane when carrying out their duty. Created as a gender-neutral substitute for the older term dogman.

Noun

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dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A dogman.

Etymology 6

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dog +‎ -er but using this suffix playfully in a way it is not normally used; essentially just a nonsense substitution of syllable -er where the diminutive suffixes -o or -ie or -y would normally stand, while also facetiously construable as the agent noun for being a dog, if to dog meaning to be a dog were a unitary English verb: thus, the agent noun would denote one who exhibits dogness. More at Wikipedia at DoggoLingo § Structure and usage.

Noun

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dogger (plural doggers)

  1. (humorous, endearing, diminutive) Synonym of doggo (a dog)
    Howsabout I feed all you little doggers some dinner?!
    Get over here you little dogger! That belly needs some scritchin!

References

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  1. ^ Gun for hire Don Sallway leads assault against Queensland's wild dogs ABC News, 28 August 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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dogger m (plural doggers)

  1. dogger, fishing boat used for catching cod and haddock
    Synonym: dogboot
  2. (obsolete) cod and haddock fisherman who works from a fishing boat
  3. (obsolete) tubular net or fish trap used for catching cod and haddock