People who avoid or evade something; or referring to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a famous professional baseball team.
From 'dodge,' which may derive from a variant of 'dog' or from the name of the Dodger Car Company. As a sports team name, it was taken from the 'trolley dodgers' who had to dodge streetcars in Brooklyn.
The Dodgers got their name because 1890s Brooklyn residents had to dodge electric trolleys in the streets—so they became the 'Trolley Dodgers,' one of the most poetic team names in all of sports!
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