Usually means: Cleverly evasive, skillful at deception.
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  3. Artful Dodger: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  4. artful dodger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. artful dodger, artful dodger: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Artful Dodger)

noun:  (idiomatic) A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner.
noun:  (set phrase) One who deftly evades obstacles, pursuers, inconveniences, or other difficulties.
noun:  Alternative form of artful dodger [(idiomatic) A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner.]

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