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1862. H. Greeley, in N. Y. Independent. The news [of success to the United States armies, said the English leading journals] all came through Northern channels, and was doctored by the government which controlled the telegraph.
2. (sporting).—To poison a horse.
To keep the doctor, verb. phr. (licensed victuallers').—To make a practice of adulterating the liquor sold. Cf., doctor, subs., sense 2.
To put the doctor on one, verb. phr. (common).—To cheat.
Doctor Draw-fart, subs. phr.
(common).—A wandering quack.
Doctored, ppl. adj. (common).—Patched;
adulterated; falsified;
'cooked.'
1866. G. Eliot, Felix Holt, ch. xxviii. The Cross-keys . . . had doctored ale, an odour of bad tobacco, and remarkably strong cheese.
Dod Burn it! intj. phr. (American).A
euphemistic oath; on the model
of dadbinged (q.v.).
Dodder, subs. (Irish).—Burnt tobacco
taken from the bottom of a
pipe and placed on the top of a
fresh plug to give a stronger
flavor.
Dodderer, subs. (street).—A
meddler; always used in contempt.
Sometimes doddering
old sheep's head, which also
= a fool.
Doddy, subs. (provincial).—In
Norfolk a person of low stature.
Sometimes hodmandod and
hoddy-doddy, all head and no
body. Dodman in the same
dialect = a snail.
Dodfetched, adj. (American).—A
euphemistic oath. [Dod =
God.] Most of its kind have
originated in New England,
where the descendants of the
Puritans form the largest portion
of the population.
1888. Texas Siftings, 7 July. Then the poet was sore grieved, and he said unto himself, 'I'm a dodfetched fool.'
Dodgasted, adj. (American).—See
dodfetched.
1888. Detroit Free Press. It's a dodgasted funny thing, Uncle Zeke, but it's a fact, never knew it to fail; straight as a string, too.
Dodge, subs. and verb. [and derivative.
Dodging, verb. subs.]
(colloquial).—To trick; to
swindle; to elude. Once slang,
now recognised. Used in various
combinations: the pious dodge
= a pretence of piety; the
tidy-dodge = begging in the
streets with tidily but poorly
dressed children, etc. Also, to
'nart.' For synonyms, see Lay.
1708. Swift, Abolishing of Christianity in prose wks. (Camelot Cl.), p. 235. The chaffering with Dissenters, and dodging about this or the other ceremony.
1754. B. Martin, Eng. Dict. (2nd ed.). To dodge . . . 2. To be off and on. 3. To prevaricate, or play shifting tricks.
1836. C. Dickens, Pickwick Papers, p. 135 (ed. 1857). 'It was all false, of course?' 'All, sir,' replied Mr. Weller, 'reg'lar do, sir; artful dodge.'
1851-61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lon. Poor, vol. i., p. 227. Conscious how much their own livelihood depends upon assumption and trickery, they naturally consider that others have some dodge, as they call it, or some latent object in view when any good is sought to be done them.
1856. Punch, vol. XXXI., p. 217. Long though your sentence and your task severe, The pious dodge a ticket soon will send.
1865. Spectator, 2 Dec., Women's Tact. [Mrs. Caudle.] Nagged, and
