"soap dodger" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-soap dodger.ogg [Australia] Forms: soap dodgers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soap dodger (plural soap dodgers)
  1. (slang, humorous) A dirty person; one who does not bathe often. Tags: humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-soap_dodger-en-noun-kulSeavs
  2. (slang, Australia) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent. Supposedly borne from the historical canard that the English only bathe once a year. Tags: Australia, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-soap_dodger-en-noun-rkF~03jT Disambiguation of People: 30 70 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92

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