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housedog

NOUN
  1. a dog trained to guard a house

How To Use housedog In A Sentence

  • The door-bell rang; the bark of the housedog was answered by the little spaniel, which jumped off its cushion and ran into the hall; servants with lights passed to and fro; all was bustle and confusion. Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
  • If not treated, the skunk stink stuck to a dog cannot only end a hunt but can also lose you your place in a motel room and can cause real problems back home for a housedog or even a dog that lives outside in a kennel. Undefined
  • She was a devoted slave, just a bit unreasonable -- a veritable housedog who in the zeal of guardianship barks more than is necessary at the stranger who passes. Saint Augustin
  • The Leap-frog said nothing; but people gave it as their opinion, that he therefore thought the more; and when the housedog snuffed at him with his nose, he confessed the Leap-frog was of good family. Andersen's Fairy Tales
  • Lady had all the promise of becoming a perfect housedog. Further Adventures of Lad
  • My housedog, who made a huge noise within doors, was sufficiently punished for his want of politics and _moderation_, for the next day but one his leg was almost chopped off by an unknown hand. Hetty Wesley
  • He bought a blunderbuss, two pairs of pistols, and a huge housedog. My Novel — Volume 09
  • The housedog he flees after me -- why was I born a cat? Fly Leaves
  • This for her own sake as much as for his; since a housedog is worthless until it learns that each and every indoor object must be respected and held sacred from mutilation. Further Adventures of Lad
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