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English Dictionary: dodgy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dodgy
adj
  1. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
    Synonym(s): chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy
  2. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
    Synonym(s): crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   dodgy adj.   Syn. with {flaky}.   Preferred outside the U.S.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   dodgy
  
      Synonym with {flaky}.   Preferred outside the US
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  
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