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chiefly British
: requiring skill or care in handling or coping with
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Examples of dodgy in a Sentence
The car's got a dodgy engine.
They got into a dodgy situation.
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Secretary of State Dean Rusk defended the Johnson administration’s policies, only to be met by the incredulous drawl of Fulbright, sounding like a southern lawyer descending on a dodgy witness.
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Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Two years ago this week, Georgia Republicans nominated a former NFL star with a dodgy history in the state’s immensely ripe Senate race.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 May 2024
LeBrun said their isolation and dodgy offense put points on the board.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024
Will more dodgy distillates be excluded from the category?
—Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
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Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2021
Two years ago this week, Georgia Republicans nominated a former NFL star with a dodgy history in the state’s immensely ripe Senate race.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 May 2024
LeBrun said their isolation and dodgy offense put points on the board.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2024
Will more dodgy distillates be excluded from the category?
—Eve Thomas, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for dodgy
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“Dodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dodgy. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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