coach dog
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of coach dog
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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In Smithville, Ohio, Long's Market felt the pinch, advertised for "a good home for a male coach dog; very fond of sirloin steaks."
From Time Magazine Archive
The little coach dog stepped aside from the road to give them a bark as he passed, and then pattered and pattered his tiny feet to catch up.
From Marcia Schuyler by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill
And there's the neatest looking paper-white coach dog just perfectly ruined with ink-spots!
From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell
We have a white horse, a black and white coach dog, a Maltese cat, and two kittens; and mamma has just raised a brood of four canaries, but the cat caught one of them.
From Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
There was one pair of sportsmen whose makeshift was a dropsical coach dog, very much spotted.
From The Spread Eagle and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur
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