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Definition of Hound dog
1. Noun. Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears.
Generic synonyms: Hunting Dog
Specialized synonyms: Afghan, Afghan Hound, Basset, Basset Hound, Beagle, Bloodhound, Sleuthhound, Bluetick, Boarhound, Coonhound, Foxhound, Harrier, Plott Hound, Redbone, Wolfhound, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Ibizan Podenco, Elkhound, Norwegian Elkhound, Otter Hound, Otterhound, Gazelle Hound, Saluki, Deerhound, Scottish Deerhound, Staghound, Weimaraner
Group relationships: Pack
Derivative terms: Hound
Definition of Hound dog
1. Noun. (context: Southern US dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hound Dog
Literary usage of Hound dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"His weapons were an ax, a club, a trap, and a hound dog; possibly he might own
an old ... Let the negro ramble about with his hound dog and his war musket; ..."
2. The Midland by Frank Luther Mott, John Towner Frederick (1918)
"Last ten years of his life he lived alone here with a hound dog and used to say
... "Yas, hound dog. Don't know what happened to it when the old man died. ..."
3. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"Blit- zen was the kind of a hound dog that every one liked to kick around — she
was absolutely good for nothing, or so we all thought. ..."
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