Defn: The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.] Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.
DODGER
Dodg"er, n.
1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart.
2. A small handbill. [U. S.]
3. See Corndodger.
DODGERY
Dodg"er*y, n.
Defn: trickery; artifice. [Obs.] Hacket.
DODIPATE; DODIPOLL Dod"i*pate, Dod"i*poll, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. OE. dodden to cut off, to shear, and first applied to shaven-polled priests.]
Defn: A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.
Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll.
Latimer.
DODKIN
Dod"kin, n. Etym: [D. duitken, dim. of duit. See Doit, and cf.
Doitkin.]