English Explanatory Dictionary

Dodgy Brothers

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dishonest or unreliable company or group of people.
adj
  1. Dodgy; dishonest.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dodgy Brothers.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Dodgy Brothers.

Word forms

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Etymology

From characters the Dodgey Brothers (a pair of unscrupulous businessmen played by Stephen Blackburn and Geoff Brooks) in the 1980s and '90s Australian sketch comedy series Australia You're Standing In It and Fast Forward. The brothers' name is a homophone of the Australian term "dodgy" (meaning dishonest or unreliable), and the spelling of the name in figurative uses typically matches the slang term rather than the original spelling.

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