coach dog
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coach dog
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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In Smithville, Ohio, Long's Market felt the pinch, advertised for "a good home for a male coach dog; very fond of sirloin steaks."
From Time Magazine Archive
There was one pair of sportsmen whose makeshift was a dropsical coach dog, very much spotted.
From The Spread Eagle and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
The little coach dog stepped aside from the road to give them a bark as he passed, and then pattered and pattered his tiny feet to catch up.
From Marcia Schuyler by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill
We have a white horse, a black and white coach dog, a Maltese cat, and two kittens; and mamma has just raised a brood of four canaries, but the cat caught one of them.
From Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
They are az freckled az a coach dog, and just about az tuff tew eat az a half-biled krow.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
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