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salad dodger

salad dodger noun: an overweight person.

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

Origin of salad dodger

From the idea that such a person avoids salads in favor of unhealthy or fattening foods.

Questions about salad dodger

What does salad dodger mean?
Salad dodger means an overweight person.
What part of speech is salad dodger?
Salad dodger is a noun.
What is the plural of salad dodger?
The plural of salad dodger is salad dodgers.

Words near salad dodger in the dictionary

  1. salad burnet
  2. salad burnets
  3. salad cream
  4. salad creams
  5. salad days
  6. salad dodger
  7. salad dodgers
  8. salad dressing
  9. salad dressings
  10. salad fork
  11. salad forks

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