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bath dodger

bath dodger

9.9
A person who often does not wash or bathe
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : persona que evita bañarse
  • His flatmates teased him relentlessly for being a bath dodger.

Examples

  • No one wants to sit next to a bath dodger on the bus.

  • If you don't shower after football, you'll start being known as a bath dodger.

  • My brother is such a bath dodger!

  • He is known as a real bath dodger among his friends.

  • His friends often joke about him being a bath dodger because he never wants to take a shower.

  • After a long week of work, he earned the nickname bath dodger for avoiding the bath all weekend.

  • At school, everyone knew her as a bath dodger because she would arrive with greasy hair.

How Often

showerer
3.0
bath dodger
  • Archaic
9.9

Surface Forms

bath dodger singular
bath dodgers plural

Morphology

bath + dodger

The meaning 'a person who habitually avoids bathing' is directly and transparently built from 'bath' (bathing) + 'dodger' (someone who evades or avoids something). The noun pattern is productive in English (e.g., 'tax dodger', 'draft dodger'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the overall meaning.

Etymology

Bath dodger paints a simple picture: someone who literally dodges the bath, slipping away or avoiding the bathtub. So it is used for a person who often 'avoids bathing'.