black dog
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of black dog
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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She said the black dog "came running towards them".
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025
He sat in a loud, gas-guzzling Jeep Cherokee with a hyper black dog panting in the back.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022
When the black dog, as Winston Churchill called his depression, nipped at his heels, Buchwald turned to humor, “the greatest defense in the world.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
The common belief is that the game was named after the Pritchards’ dog “Pickles” — a small, fluffy black dog — and that the ball happened to belong to Pickles.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022
Sirius grasped his hand briefly, nodded to Dumbledore, transformed again into the black dog, and ran the length of the room to the door, whose handle he turned with a paw.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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