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pye-dog

or pi-dog

[ pahy-dawg, -dog ]

noun

  1. an ownerless half-wild dog of uncertain breeding, common in the villages and towns of India and other countries in east and south Asia.

pye-dog

noun

  1. an ownerless half-wild Asian dog
“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 pye-dog1

1860–65; pye said to be < Hindi pāhī outsider
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pye-dog1

C19: Anglo-Indian pye, paë, from Hindi pāhī outsider

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