DOGGER


Meaning of DOGGER in English

I. -gə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English doggere, perhaps from Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat

: a broad-bowed two-masted fishing boat used especially by the Dutch in the North sea

II. noun

( -s )

Etymology: dog (I) (contrivance) + -er

: a worker who attaches dogs (as to logs), moves articles mechanically by dogs, or fastens articles (as stock to be machined) into dogs that will hold them for further processing

III. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from dogger, a kind of ironstone prevalent in strata of this period, of unknown origin

: of, relating to, or constituting a subdivision of the European Jurassic — see geologic time table

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