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soap-dodger, n. Brit. slang (depreciative).
Brit. |ˈsəʊpˌdɒdʒə|, U.S. |ˈsoʊpˌdɑdʒər|
[‹ soap n.1 + dodger n.]
A scruffy or dirty person.
1990T. Thorne Bloomsbury Dict. Contemp. Slang 478/1 Soap-dodger.., a dirty, unkempt or smelly person, a ‘scruffbag’ or dosser. 1992Independent (Nexis) 1 June 17 They are neither ‘crusties’—the dogs-on-string brigade (or soap-dodgers as the tabloids call them)—nor style fetishists. 2000M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 vi. 180, I felt quite insulted that Lydia had not chosen to tell me..something she'd relate over a couple of cans of Carling Black Label to a soap dodger. |