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bandog
[ ban-dawg, -dog ]
noun
- any dog, as a mastiff or bloodhound, kept tied or chained.
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The keeper entered leading his bandog, a large bloodhound, tied in a leam, or band, from which he takes his name.
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He was incessantly on his legs in committee, and became a name for an opposition bandog who gave chancellors of the exchequer no peace.
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Ye call the pope a bear and a bandog.
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But now I put thee out of door and set the bandog to guard it; thou art locked out though the door be wide open, seest thou?
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