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salad-dodger

salad-dodger is the alternative form of salad dodger.

Meaning of salad dodger

Noun

salad dodger (plural salad dodgers)

  1. (derogatory, informal) An overweight person.
    • And then some salad dodger on the construction crew stuck his gut in the way trying to make peace.2011, Jordan Gray, Submerged: A Blackpool Mystery, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 205
  2. (informal) One who does not normally eat salad.
    • Whether you’re a salad-dodger or suffering from orthorexia (an extreme desire to eat only health foods), eating gluten-free nutritiously is simple but not plain.2006, Danna Korn, Living Gluten-Free For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 93

Forms of salad-dodger

pluralsalad-dodgers

Questions about salad-dodger

What is salad-dodger the alternative form of?
Salad-dodger is the alternative form of salad dodger.

Words near salad-dodger in the dictionary

  1. salad spoon
  2. salad spoons
  3. salad tossing
  4. salad year
  5. salad years
  6. salad-dodger
  7. salad-dodgers
  8. salad-oil
  9. salade
  10. salade niçoise
  11. saladero

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