2. Verb. (third-person singular of dodge) ¹
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Definition of Dodges
1. dodge [v] - See also: dodge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dodges
Literary usage of Dodges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"Now we must cast a glance at some of those ingenious arrangements which I
called "the Squire's dodges" on first seeing them. There never was a place so full ..."
2. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of by Ellery Bicknell Crane (1907)
"The Dodges have a history known somewhat of as far back as 1306 AD, when members
of the family held lands in Stockport, England. ..."
3. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"It is not strong enough to beat loud and firm, but it dodges about and excuses
itself and frets. So that it gives us a happy respite from attention. ..."
4. Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin by Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1907)
"... these ingenious " dodges," and I am confident that neither the law officers
nor the government will be influenced by the "bunkum" of cotton jobbers. ..."
5. The American Annual of Photography (1912)
"SOME DARK-ROOM Dodges By ROY HARRISON DANFORTH HAT may most simplify the purely
mechanical processes of photography, and leave the worker untrammeled for ..."
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