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dogger, n.⁵

DRAFT ENTRY July 2007

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[Prob. < DOG v. (cf. sense 1a at that entry) + -ER suffix¹. Cf. DOGGER n.², and also DOGGING n.²
Quot. 2002 app. shows a folk etymology.]

Brit. slang.

A person who participates in dogging.

1982 Kicks (Electronic text) Aug., Parts of it were always so empty and desolate—full of what we used to call 'old doggers'—men lying in the bushes spying on couples—staring and messing about with themselves. 2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 23 June 4 This is a signal to 'doggers'—people who use taking their dog for a walk as an excuse—to come and watch a couple inside having sex. 2004 H. WALSH Brass iv. 136 There's this one fella, right, who's spent sixteen years studying the habits of doggers. You should see this thesis. It's staggering. 2007 News of World (Nexis) 10 June, One dogger claims to have had sex 'up against the Farmleigh railings'.