Dodge

a cunning trick. “ Dodge , that homely but expre ive phrase.”—Sir Hugh Cairns on the Reform Bill, 2nd March, 1859. Anglo-Saxon , DEOGIAN , to colour, to conceal. The TIDY DODGE , as it is called by street-folk, consists in dre ing up a family clean and tidy, and parading in the streets to excite compa ion and obtain alms.