cattle dog
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cattle dog
supposedly imitative of catalogue
Example Sentences
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The cattle dog is a high-energy herder who thrives on activity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
My dog, Maggie May, is a 13-year-old black Lab/Australian cattle dog mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
On a horrible day this past August, my cattle dog, Annie Oakley Tater Tot, died of liver failure.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2023
Aron Christensen, on an annual camping trip with friends, set out August 19 on a solo hike with his 4-month-old cattle dog, Buzzo, up the Walupt Lake Trail in Washington’s Cascade Mountains.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
When flashes next the lightning, The flood's grey breast is blank, And a cattle dog and pack-horse Are struggling up the bank.
From In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses by Lawson, Henry
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