DODGE, DODGING
NOUNS
1390 — SUBTILITY a dodge, an artifice; a cunning of crafty scheme → obs.
1786 — QUIRK a dodge, a trick; a quibble, catch; a question asked in order to elicit information → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1812 — RACKET a dodge, a trick, a scheme; a swindle or a means of deception → sl.
1829 — FAKE a dodge, a sham, a swindle, some form of fraudulent money-making scheme → sl.
1840 — GUM-GAME a dodge, a trick → US sl.
1881 — QUIFF a dodge, a trick; a knack; a verbal catch → Eng. dial.
1910 — RORT a dodge, a trick, a scheme, a racket; a fraudulent or dishonest practice → Aust. sl.
1923 — QUEEF a dodge, a trick, a stratagem → Sc.
PHRASES
1968 — AMONG THE WILLOWS dodging the law; on the dodge → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1303 — WAIVE to dodge a blow; to escape; to elude → obs.
1834 — JOUK to dodge, to duck; to evade, to hide → Amer. dial.
.M19 — FLANK to dodge, to evade → US sl., orig. military
..L19 — QUIFF to come up with a cunning dodge or trick; to go or do well, to get along pleasantly → sl.
1969 — SCOFF to dodge, to avoid doing → Sc.
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