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devil dodger en · NOUN
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(informal) A clergyman, especially a military chaplain.
You damned devil dodgers are going to undermine the whole war!
2013, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman, The Wipers Times, BBC:Usually I don't trust devil dodgers — not much. But you've got a decent mug on you, and I'm going to trust you.
1914, G. K. Chesterton, The Donnington Affair:
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(informal, obsolete) A person who sometimes attends church and sometimes the Dissenter's meetinghouse.
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