cattle dog
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cattle dog
supposedly imitative of catalogue
Example Sentences
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My dog, Maggie May, is a 13-year-old black Lab/Australian cattle dog mix.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025
Sacramento renter Andrea Amavisca said she and her boyfriend searched for more than a month for a place that would accept their 2-year-old cattle dog mix.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024
On a horrible day this past August, my cattle dog, Annie Oakley Tater Tot, died of liver failure.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2023
She likes “Bluey,” an Australian cartoon about a blue heeler cattle dog, and “Blippi,” a children’s show on YouTube, which her father described as a “modern-day Pee-wee Herman.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
A good way behind we saw Mr. Falkland, but he had as much chance of coming up with her as a cattle dog of catching a 'brush flyer'.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf
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