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A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; also a shipping forecast area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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An epoch from 175.6 ± 2.0 to 161.2 ± 4.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Jurassic.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch until around the 18th century.
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A participant in the sexual activity of dogging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
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A person employed to kill wild dogs and dingos, in the pastoral industry and rural areas.
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Usage: Australia
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A dogman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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Synonym of doggo (“a dog”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: diminutive, endearing, humorous
Synonyms: doggo
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History
From Dutch, from dogger (“codfish”).
Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dogger From dog (verb) + -er.
Etymology tree Old English [Term?]? Proto-Germanic *-gô Proto-West Germanic *-gō Old English -ga Old English dogga Middle English dogge English dog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dogger From dog + -er.
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.
From dog + -er (suffix forming slang or colloquial equivalents of words).
