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dodgy brothers

dodgy brothers is the alternative letter-case form of Dodgy Brothers.

Noun capitalized: Dodgy Brothers

Dodgy Brothers pl (plural only)

  1. (Australia, informal, plural, plural-only) A dishonest or unreliable company or group of people.
    • William Angliss students under higher education visas will apply for a transfer and go to a school where they can do cookery packaged with a Bachelor of Business. They have no intention, from what we've heard, of going on to Bachelor of Business; it's just to get that cookery qualification. Now...2023 April 18, Bruce Banfield, “Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – 18/04/2023 – Inquiry into Tourism and Australia's International Education”, in Official Committee...

Adjective capitalized: Dodgy Brothers

Dodgy Brothers (comparative more Dodgy Brothers, superlative most Dodgy Brothers)

  1. (Australia, informal) Dodgy; dishonest.
    • "Look, he continued, I know it's a leeetle bit Dodgy Brothers, babes. I'll admit that, not saying it isn't. But that's the way things work.2010, Ben Elton, Meltdown, Random House, →ISBN, page 25

Forms of dodgy brothers

comparativemore dodgy brothers
superlativemost dodgy brothers
comparativemore Dodgy Brothers
superlativemost Dodgy Brothers

Origin of dodgy brothers

From characters the Dodgey Brothers (a pair of unscrupulous businessmen played by Stephen Blackburn and Geoff Brooks) in the 1980s and '90s Australian sketch comedy series Australia You're Standing In It and Fast Forward. The brothers' name is a homophone of the Australian term "dodgy" (meaning dishonest or unreliable), and the spelling of the name in figurative uses typically matches the slang term rather than the original spelling.

Questions about dodgy brothers

What does dodgy brothers mean?
Dodgy brothers means a dishonest or unreliable company or group of people.
What is dodgy brothers the alternative letter-case form of?
Dodgy brothers is the alternative letter-case form of Dodgy Brothers.
What part of speech is dodgy brothers?
Dodgy brothers can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near dodgy brothers in the dictionary

  1. Dodgson's method
  2. Dodgsonian
  3. dodgy
  4. dodgy box
  5. dodgy boxes
  6. dodgy brothers
  7. dodicin
  8. dodie
  9. dodies
  10. dodine
  11. dodipole

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