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  • plural of dog.
  • present tense form of dog (3rd person singular).
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    dogs
    plural noun
    greyhound racing
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    Dogs
    noun
    a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
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dogs

1 British  
/ dɒɡz /

plural noun

  1. informal greyhound racing

  2. slang the feet

  3. informal marketing goods with a low market share, which are unlikely to yield substantial profits

  4. informal to go to ruin physically or morally

  5. to leave things undisturbed

  6. to abandon someone to criticism or attack

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dogs 2 British  
/ dɒɡz /

noun

  1. a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2015, when he gave a talk on “How Dogs Make Us Human,” answers had begun to form.

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Dogs raised for eating were often large breeds like Nureongi, also known as the Korean Yellow Spitz.

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Dr Caroline Finlay, Director of Conservation at Detection Dogs NI, said there were "birds who've been raised in captivity before, now nesting on Sliabh Beagh successfully, which is absolutely fantastic".

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