dogger
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- noun
- /ˈdɒɡə/
- Archaic
:
pescador de bacalao
- Many doggers are designed specifically to withstand the rough conditions of the North Sea while fishing.
Examples
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The dogger is an essential fishing vessel for those who target cod in the North Sea.
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At the current cost level for offshore wind, it will be very difficult to realize large parts of Dogger Bank.
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In the final analysis, Statoil and Statkraft will only build Dogger Bank if they are certain it will be profitable.
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But long before it comes into being, it is no exaggeration to say the performance of Scira's 317MW Sheringham Shoal project, off eastern England, could determine whether Dogger Bank even gets built.
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DOGGER:
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But Einar Stromsvg, general manager of Scira and a veteran of Statoil, tells Recharge: "There's still a lot of work to be done and questions to be answered before anyone can give a firm yes or no to the investment at Dogger Bank."
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Scira's owners, Norway's Statoil and Statkraft, joined SSE and RWE to form the Forewind consortium, which in 2010 won Dogger Bank, the largest UK Round 3 zone awarded.
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Forewind has given every indication it intends to build Dogger Bank as quickly as feasible, starting with a 2GW chunk known as Creyke Beck, for which it nabbed a grid-connection agreement this year.
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A fisherman told me he used a small dogger when he went out on the North Sea to catch cod.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who catches fish for a living
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2.7
A person who catches fish for a living
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3.5
A person who fishes with a rod and line for pleasure
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A person who catches fish by pulling lines with hooks behind a moving boat
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3.4
A person who catches fish for work or as a hobby
A person who catches or sells fish
A boat used to catch fish that has a tank to keep the catch alive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dogger comes from the name for a sturdy North Sea fishing boat and gave its name to the shallow area called Dogger Bank, where these boats fished for cod. So a dogger is easy to remember as the boat, or the person, who fished on those banks.