doggery
Americannoun
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doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
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dogs collectively.
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rabble; mob.
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Older Slang. a place where liquor is sold; saloon.
noun
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surly behaviour
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dogs collectively
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a mob
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Origin of doggery
Example Sentences
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“It was the most dangerous, being the finest. The low doggery will take the low and keep them low, but these so-called respectable ones will take the respectable, make them low, then kick them out.”
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2021
There shan’t no joint nor doggery never open a door on Big Wolf no more.
From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.
Wild doggery of Pandours, it would seem, have already swum or waded the River, above Teinitz and below:—"Want of vigilance!" barks Friedrich impatiently: but such a doggery is difficult to watch with effect.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Carlyle, Thomas
Kelly's original headquarters had, of course, been the doggery in and through which he had established himself as a political power.
From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham
Ay—that I do—hee-hee, such doggery as there was in them ancient days, to be sure!
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
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