"salad dodger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-salad dodger.ogg Forms: salad dodgers [plural]
Etymology: From the idea that such a person avoids salads in favor of unhealthy or fattening foods. Head templates: {{en-noun}} salad dodger (plural salad dodgers)
  1. (informal, derogatory) An overweight person. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Obesity Synonyms (overweight person): fat person Translations (overweight person): punkero (Finnish), толстя́к (tolstják) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-salad_dodger-en-noun-3WnJ4d~6 Disambiguation of Obesity: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'overweight person': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'overweight person': 97 3
  2. (informal) One who does not normally eat salad. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Translations (one who does not normally eat salad): Salatverschmäher [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-salad_dodger-en-noun-VAs5Yj5L Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'one who does not normally eat salad': 3 97

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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