kangaroo dog

noun

1. an Australian breed of large rough-haired dog that resembles a greyhound and is bred to hunt kangaroos

Example Sentences

Mr. Wheeler rattled on in a cheery, careless sort of way, while his friend went in and out, fed the dogs, of which they had two or three couples—retrievers, terriers, and one of the tall handsome greyhounds, the kangaroo dog of the colonists.

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Botts was uppermost, when the kangaroo dog seized him by the seat of his breeches.

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A little bull terrier ran out from a tent and caught the kangaroo dog by the throat.

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The man had his back towards us, and before him, standing on its hind legs, was a kangaroo dog.

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He cowed down before the doc like a whipped kangaroo dog, and darn me if he even so much as swore when Dr Tom asked him out to fight.'

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