pariah dog

noun

1. another term for pye-dog

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A pariah dog would slink into the courtyard from time to time in search of a morsel of food.

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“If I find you on my property tomorrow I’ll have you castrated like the pariah dog that you are! I’ll have you killed!”

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Most were pariah dogs that licked a stranger's hand and whined with delight when petted.

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The wall presented no difficulty; but as Ananda dropped lightly into the road he startled a half-starved pariah dog returning to the town after its nightly prowl for food.

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When at last we got her near Dundora, the latter's mahout, viciously belabouring her thick skull with the ankus, told us that the cause of her fright was only a small pariah dog.

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