Lesser Dog

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noun Astronomy.

the constellation Canis Minor.

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The other songs go in to lesser percentages of “me” as you move along.
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An ace comedic turn that, in lesser hands, would come off as one-note.
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Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Up till then I was just a dog-assed heavy, one of the posse.
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Some lesser-known live performances from the late rock legend.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
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Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.
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These words were uttered in a guarded whisper by a boy about seventeen years of age, to a great dog that stood by his side.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn