kangaroo dog
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Wheeler rattled on in a cheery, careless sort of way, while his friend went in and out, fed the dogs, of which they had two or three couples—retrievers, terriers, and one of the tall handsome greyhounds, the kangaroo dog of the colonists.
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The man had his back towards us, and before him, standing on its hind legs, was a kangaroo dog.
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Botts was uppermost, when the kangaroo dog seized him by the seat of his breeches.
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He cowed down before the doc like a whipped kangaroo dog, and darn me if he even so much as swore when Dr Tom asked him out to fight.'
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An animal called in the colonies a “Kangaroo dog,” led the way; and to this quadruped the young girl directed my attention.
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