dogdom

[ dawg-duhm, dog- ]

noun
  1. the category of all dogs.

  2. the state of being a dog.

  1. those people, collectively, who are interested in dogs.

Origin of dogdom

1
First recorded in 1850–55; dog + -dom

Words Nearby dogdom

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How to use dogdom in a sentence

  • The poor chap gradually dropped down to the lowest state of dogdom, and his case seemed hopeless.

    Nuggets of the New Thought | William Walker Atkinson,
  • He is the Paquin of dogdom, and let no one think that he is not an artist.

    In Vanity Fair | Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
  • Each seems to think his place is best, the leader especially being particularly proud of his honored position in "dogdom."

    Hunting Dogs | Oliver Hartley
  • There was no cunning about the fellow, and I fancy that in dogdom he was reckoned something of a fool.

    Windfalls | (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner
  • A more motley collection could not have been found in dogdom.

    Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories | Albert Payson Terhune