pariah dog

British  

noun

1. another term for pye-dog

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Example Sentences

India’s pariah dog, the dominant street breed, is probably a descendant of an early Chinese immigrant, said Peter Savolainen, a professor of evolutionary genetics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2012

So I put aside the memory of the little pariah dog and the gosling.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

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

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Even when a favourite pariah dog, which used to feed with him, was shot for having fallen under suspicion of taking the lion's share of the meal, he appeared to be quite indifferent.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 by Chambers, William

Dog, anjing: those brought from Europe lose in a few years their distinctive qualities, and degenerate at length into the cur with erect ears, kuyu, vulgarly called the pariah dog.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William