Tom is a draft dodger.
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Dodger
//ˈdɑ.d͡ʒɚ//
Synonyms for "dodger" (157 found)
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23 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- корабна тента noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
- мошеник noun (one who dodges)
- хитрец noun (one who dodges)
Czech
1 entries- podfukář noun (person full of tricks or street smarts)
Dutch
1 entries- buiskap noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
Finnish
4 entries- roiskesuoja noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
- sprayhood noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
- väistelijä noun (one who dodges)
- väistäjä noun (one who dodges)
German
4 entries- Ausweicher noun (one who dodges)
- Drückeberger noun (person full of tricks or street smarts)
- Schlawiner noun (person full of tricks or street smarts)
- Sprayhood noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
Italian
3 entries- evasore fiscale noun (one who dodges)
- imbroglione noun (one who dodges)
- paraspruzzi noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
Macedonian
3 entries- за́штитен па́раван noun (nautical: companionway cover in a sailboat)
- и́змамник noun (one who dodges)
- и́трец noun (one who dodges)
Māori
1 entries- wae māminga noun (one who dodges)
Russian
1 entries- ловкач noun (person full of tricks or street smarts)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
You were a draft dodger, weren't you?
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I know that Tom was a draft dodger.
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I know Tom was a draft dodger.
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