pariah dog

British  

noun

1. another term for pye-dog

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Example Sentences

A pariah dog would slink into the courtyard from time to time in search of a morsel of food.

From Literature

Most were pariah dogs that licked a stranger's hand and whined with delight when petted.

From New York Times

The wall presented no difficulty; but as Ananda dropped lightly into the road he startled a half-starved pariah dog returning to the town after its nightly prowl for food.

From Project Gutenberg

When at last we got her near Dundora, the latter's mahout, viciously belabouring her thick skull with the ankus, told us that the cause of her fright was only a small pariah dog.

From Project Gutenberg

Gaunt pariah dogs, driven by the acid-sharp pangs of a never-satiated hunger, sniffed among the shadows of the bamboo and palmleaf huts, their backs arched and their tails slinking between their legs.

From Project Gutenberg