1325–75; Middle English < Middle Dutch dogge fishing boat + -er -er 1
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The largest known earthquake in the UK occurred in 1931, near the Dogger Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Dogger, and the winner would be the client of the more effective machine.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2023
The UK's newest offshore wind projects, planned for Dogger Bank in the middle of the North Sea, are already set to use 13 and 14MW turbines.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2021
Doggerland—which University of Exeter archaeologist Bryony Coles named in the 1990s after the Dogger Banks, a productive North Sea fishing spot—extended from Amsterdam up to Scotland and southern Norway.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 30, 2020
And presently, from the north, the sudden report of a great gun smote the desolation of the Dogger Bank with a mighty thunder-clap which was like the bursting of the skies.
From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles
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