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dogger

(ˈdɒɡə)
n
(Nautical Terms) a Dutch fishing vessel with two masts
[C14: probably from Middle Dutch dogge trawler]

dogger

(ˈdɒɡə)
n
(Geological Science) a large concretion of consolidated material occurring in certain sedimentary rocks
[C17: of uncertain origin]

dogger

(ˈdɒɡə)
n
(Hunting) Austral a hunter of dingoes
[C20: from dog (see sense 2a) + -er1]

Dogger

n
(Geological Science) geology a formation of mid-Jurassic rocks in N England
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As soon as I was mounted, holding on to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot on the road to Dr.
On the second night she shifted her ballast into the lee bow, and by that time we had been blown off somewhere on the Dogger Bank.
LAP The secluded cliffs, coves and beaches in Somerset that feature in the adaptation of the unfinished Jane Austen novel are a magnet for doggers as well as nudists.
We later found out that Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, who run the park, had upped security after the place became popular with doggers.
Speaking anonymously the man told the ECHO: "In the main, doggers are not mac-wearing perverts, or social misfits.
At the Gunsite, this attracted more and more boy racers, usually in battered Vauxhall Corsas, who charged up and down with their headlights on main beam, beeping their horns at doggers."
By ZARA WHELAN Daily Post Reporter zara.whelan@trinitymirror.com A POPULAR Conwy beach car park has become increasingly popular with doggers it has emerged - just weeks after police announced a crackdown at another site popular with voyeurs.
A site near an old people's home in Aberavon is noted as a "good spot for doggers" while a footpath near Aberdare also makes the list.
People living near the old Afan Tinplate works off Bryntywod in Llangyfelach, Swansea say they are fed up with the doggers.
DODGY doggers dressed as fairies are creating a stink at the country seat of one of Britain's noblest families.