- a variation of pye-dog.
pi-dog
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The only curious thing here was a pi-dog which refused to eat cold duck!
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne
The cavalcade was increased during the afternoon by the addition to our numbers of a dog—a distinctly ugly, red-haired native sort of dog, commonly called a pi-dog.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne
There isn't the usually handy pi-dog to try it on.
From The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly
Certainly it was a very tough duck, but still, I do not think a pi-dog should he so fastidious.
From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne
For 'Eving's sake don't get bit and go mad by any measly pi-dog.
From Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling
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