shepherd dog

noun

1. sheepdog.

shepherd dog

noun

1. See sheepdog
   another term for sheepdog

Word History and Origins

Origin of shepherd dog¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

And from behind a big rock not far away a shepherd dog appeared, followed by a youth of some fifteen years.

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One was the presence of a German shepherd dog in the laboratory, its head crushed as if with a sledgehammer.

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These harsh words—harsh barking of the shepherd dog—spread an unseen consternation in Grande Pointe.

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His long nose, and great limpid, half-human eyes, have a suggestion of shepherd-dog blood about them.

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More; he was a shepherd dog turned poacher, depredator, wolf!

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