1894 Brewer’s / A / Artful Dodger
A young thief, a most perfect adept in villainy, up to every sort of wicked dodge. (Dickens: Oliver Twist.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.