hangdog

“I don't think anyone quite understands how it gets resolved,” he said with trace of hangdog sadness.
Hostage to His Caucus, John Boehner Can’t Keep His Message Straight|John Avlon|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He was renowned for his violent pedigree, although few people other than militants would have recognized his broad, hangdog face.
My Trip With a Terrorist|Eliza Griswold|August 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He was one of those little insignificant hangdog things with vacant eyes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Edward slouched up alongside of me presently, with a hangdog look on him, as if he had been caught stealing jam.
The Golden Age|Kenneth Grahame

To that hangdog creature might fall the task of driving Betty home!
My Little Sister|Elizabeth Robins
Crab growled something under his breath and went off in a hangdog way.
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point|Alice B. Emerson
The stowaway's face showed some embarrassment, but not at all the usual hangdog mien of such wastrels.
Where the Blue Begins|Christopher Morley

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hangdog

/ (ˈhæŋˌdɒɡ) /

adjective

downcast, furtive, or guilty in appearance or manner

noun

a furtive or sneaky person

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