dodger

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They instantly recognized in the stranger a fraudulent tax-dodger, and when he attempted tardily to purchase immunity they poured upon him; in front, behind, on both sides, all round, they boiled up and bubbled about him; and the exhaustion of his riches alone saved him alive.

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  1. noun One that dodges or evades: a skilled dodger of reporters' questions.
  2. noun A shifty, dishonest person; a trickster.
  3. noun A small printed handbill.
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  • All the pupils brought their dinners in baskets—corn-dodger, buttermilk and other good things—and sat in the shade of the trees at noon and ate them. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Chapters From My Autobiography, by Mark Twain.
  • But when Obama can't seem to select anyone who is not a tax dodger, all we get is a sympathetic hearing from a fellow Dem! —  Biased BBC
  • If you consider that Caroline didn't marry a draft dodger, and to my knowledge hasn't had to tolerate and does not condone a husband that enjoys extramarital affairs, her patriotism and moral and ethical standards are way above that of the person she will be replacing. —  WordPress.com News
  • "Of course, this same draft dodger was the first to tell us what a phony soldier was ..."
  • Mike the plagiarist and draft dodger is at it again? —  Latest Articles
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