nodding dog

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noun

a small model of a dog carried as a mascot in a motor vehicle, with a head so mounted that it moves up and down with the motion of the vehicle

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Words nearby nodding dog

nodal extrasystole, nodal point, nodal rhythm, Noddack, nodding acquaintance, nodding dog, nodding donkey, nodding lilac, nodding pogonia, nodding spasm, nodding trillium

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Example sentences from the Web for nodding dog

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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Hangover Rx: “The old ‘hair of the dog’ is pretty much just a myth,” says White.
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His latest book is a short story collection, Even a Street Dog: Las Vegas Stories.
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Among the evidence recovered: A videotape of two Sena children having sex with the family dog.
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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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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.
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At the word of command, the dog crouched down, his whole body quivering with excitement.
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