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dog-walker

American  
[dawg-waw-ker, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌwɔ kər, ˈdɒg- /

noun

  1. a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.


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The dog-walker spent several years researching off-grid living before buying the land in Stirlingshire in December 2023.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2024

“I based Nat, the recurring dog-walker character from ‘Mad About You,’ on a guy who I grew up with, in Forest Hills.

From The New Yorker Apr. 14, 2019

Some of her companions donned woolen cloaks resembling those worn by the Stark family, a procession which prompted one startled dog-walker to wonder if they were part of a Celtic ritual.

From The Guardian Mar. 29, 2019

I am a dog-walker who walks more than 10 miles in this D.C. weather every day.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2018

There he took in the tableaux of downtown Manhattan on a fall Sunday morning — a mixture of the hung-over and the early riser, the dog-walker and the walk-of-shamer.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2016

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