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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

Example Sentences

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My wife and I will go to the games and eat Dodger Dogs and nachos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A host of agencies was involved in the conservation effort including the Forest Service, Conservation Detection Dogs NI and the Sliabh Beagh Curlew Conservation Trust.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The hedgehog detection dog is being trained by Conservation Detection Dogs NI and will track down the tags if they fall off and help locate hedgehogs more efficiently.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Aimiee Sadler, chief executive of Dogs Playing for Life, said that the program helps make dogs more suitable for adoption and that keeping dogs confined to their kennels is equal to “incarceration.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Dogs loved him, and on long walks he would stop to throw them sticks.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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