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noun

a variant spelling of pye-dog

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Words nearby pie-dog

pied goose, Piedmont, Piedmontese, piedmontite, pied noir, pie-dog, Pied Piper, pied-piping, piedra, Piedras Negras, pied shag

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How to use pie-dog in a sentence

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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The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
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His latest book is a short story collection, Even a Street Dog: Las Vegas Stories.
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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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