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Dogs

1

/ dɒɡz /

noun

  1. Isle of Dogs
    a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
“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


dogs

2

/ dɒɡz /

plural noun

  1. the dogs informal.
    greyhound racing
  2. slang.
    the feet
  3. informal.
    marketing goods with a low market share, which are unlikely to yield substantial profits
  4. go to the dogs informal.
    to go to ruin physically or morally
  5. let sleeping dogs lie
    to leave things undisturbed
  6. throw someone to the dogs
    to abandon someone to criticism or attack
“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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Example Sentences

Science imitates nature as researchers dream up robotic dogs, cheetahs, sharks and even cockroaches.

None, however, have been as all-out cute as this one, a shot-for-shot remake of the teaser with dogs and cats.

This health tracker for dogs fits snugly around collars and monitors activity with the goal of making dogs happier and healthier.

Its time for the government to put a stop to it for good and ban eating cats and dogs.

“In almost all rural areas of Switzerland, it is customary to eat cats and dogs,” she says.

The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.

One little girl attempted to smell at the trees in a drawing and pretended to feed some pictorial dogs.

Just a little before daybreak they were all wakened by the bellowing of the oxen and the barking of dogs.

“Akhab Khan prevented those Shia dogs from shooting you and Mayne-sahib,” went on the low murmur.

As I came near the house, the dogs began to bark, just as I discovered my horse tied to a tree.

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