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yellow dog

noun

First recorded in 1825–35

Hall was one of the last of the yellow dog Democrats in Congress.

There was an ugly, black steer in the herd, and they were wondering whether their old yellow dog would be able to manage him.

We had now 21 mules and 19 horses, the brown puppy, and a large yellow dog from Gartok.

I was never to receive an answer to these questions, for the parts she and the yellow dog played in our romance were ended.

Her competitor, a yellow dog called Smoaker, was let loose, and the whole party awaited in eager expectation of a hare.

Under that look my self-importance shrank until the yellow dog with which I had compared myself loomed as large as an elephant.

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