The Artful, meantime, who was of a rather saturnine disposition, and seldom gave way to merriment when it interfered with business, rifled Oliver's pockets with steady assiduity. Like an adult, he seldom gives in to childish urges. He is described as wearing adult clothes which are much too large for him. The Artful Dodger is characterised as a child who acts like an adult. In the novel, he becomes Oliver's closest friend (although he betrays Oliver when Oliver is caught) and he tries to make him a pickpocket, but soon realises that Oliver will not succeed, and feels sorry for him, saying "What a pity it is he isn't a prig!" He also has a close relationship with Charley Bates. The term has become an idiom describing a person with skilful deception. He is the leader of the gang of child criminals on the streets of London, trained by the elderly Fagin. The Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his skill and cunning in that occupation. Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist.
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