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dodgy
adjective- of doubtful character or legality; dubious UK, 1961
Popularised in the 1960s by the comedian Norman Vaughan as a catchphrase, with an accompanying thumbs-down gesture. The thumbs-up opposite was “swingin!”. - He didn’t want to have to explain why he had spent so much squad money on a dodgy operation. — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 188, 1979
- Playing it’s a little dodgy for me because I don’t really enjoy the environment. — Juice, p. 61, 1996
- I don’t have a bad bone in my body. I was dodgy, but not mean or violent or anything like that. — Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2003
- risky UK, 1898
- It would have been too dodgy swagging gear into Bella’s drum at 3 a.m. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 22, 1956
- stolen UK, 1861
- [S]et him to work screwing [burgling]–send him out with a pound of jelly [gelignite], dets [detonators], or a dodgy twirl [key]. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 57, 1962
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