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cattle dog

noun

  1. informal.
    a catalogue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cattle dog1

supposedly imitative of catalogue
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Example Sentences

His service dog named Apache, an Australian cattle dog, always stays close and “loves the snow.”

There was one old one-eyed cattle-dog round that shanty for years afterwards, who couldn't stand the smell of a gun being cleaned.

He was formerly used by English drovers as a cattle dog, but we know little of his history.

The shepherd was a wily old cattle dog and would keep out of harm.

A sort of cattle-dog glided silently and swiftly out from under a wagon, "heeled" the man, and slithered back without explaining.

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