| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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An artful device to evade, deceive, or bilk some one. (Anglo-Saxon, deogian, to conceal or colour.) | 1 |
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The religious dodge. Seeking alms by trading on religion. | 2 |
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The tidy dodge. To dress up a family clean and tidy so as to excite sympathy, and make passers-by suppose you have by misfortune fallen from a respectable state in society. | 3 |
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