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Dodger vs Codger - What's the difference?

dodger | codger |

As nouns the difference between dodger and codger

is that dodger is one who dodges while codger is an amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.

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

    codger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.

    • Derived terms

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    References

    * World Wide Words - Cadge