cattle dog

noun

1. informal.
   a catalogue

Word History and Origins

Origin of cattle dog¹

supposedly imitative of catalogue

Example Sentences

He looks vaguely Doberman-y, with a partially black, shiny coat and a long snout, but he’s actually 40% cattle dog, 23% Labrador, 10% border collie and 27% mélange of hound, according to an Embark dog DNA test commissioned by Longnecker.

From Seattle Times

Sacramento renter Andrea Amavisca said she and her boyfriend searched for more than a month for a place that would accept their 2-year-old cattle dog mix.

From Seattle Times

Others responded seriously, saying the picture was an overweight Australian cattle dog, or that “the hog” looked like a larger version of Luciano, a beloved black small pig often seen around Capitol Hill.

From Seattle Times

On a horrible day this past August, my cattle dog, Annie Oakley Tater Tot, died of liver failure.

From Slate

Bobi claimed the Guinness World Record from Bluey, an Australian cattle dog, who died in 1939 aged 29 and had held the record for almost a century.

From Washington Times