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Dodger vs Bilk - What's the difference?

dodger | bilk |

As nouns the difference between dodger and bilk

is that dodger is one who dodges while bilk is (cribbage) the spoiling of someone's score in the crib.

As a verb bilk is

to spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.

dodger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who dodges.
  • (nautical) A frame-supported canvas over the companionway (entrance) of a sailboat providing the on-deck crew partial cover from the splashes of the seas that break against the hull of the boat.

    • Synonyms

    * (companionway cover) sprayhood

    Derived terms

    * artful dodger * coffin dodger * draft dodger * salad dodger * tax dodger

    bilk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cribbage) The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
  • (obsolete) A deception, a hoax.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
  • To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 615:
  • *:They also perpetrate nonviolent crimes like bilking elderly couples out of their life savings and running a business with ruthless disregard for the welfare of the workforce or stakeholders.