cattle dog
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cattle dog
supposedly imitative of catalogue
Example Sentences
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In between were three stays with Nicole’s parents where their precious Australian cattle dog Goose succumbed, they believe, to accumulated trauma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Your cattle dog would love leading you up the Fern Dell Trail in Griffith Park and bask in your glory if rewarded with treats on the Griffith Observatory lawn.
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
Christensen, on an annual camping trip with friends, set out on a solo hike Aug. 19 with his 4-month-old cattle dog up the Walupt Lake Trail in Washington’s Cascades.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 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 Henry Lawson
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