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dog's letter
noun
- the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dog's letter1
1585–95; translation of Latin littera canīna, from the resemblance of the sound of the trill to a dog's snarl
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Example Sentences
He calls it the "dog's" letter because the trilling of an R was thought to sound like the low growl of a dog.
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