pugdog
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pugdog
Example Sentences
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And she has the most delicious hot buns you ever tasted, and the dearest spaniel and the most beautiful pugdog.
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The pugdog is a dwarf race, probably of mastiff origin, and kept solely as a pet.
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A lady of fashion with a pugdog and a husband entered the train at Paddington the other day.
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It was a mean, small name, with a kind of facetious twist, she thought, about its end like the upward curve of a pugdog's tail.
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This is a story about a dog,—not the kind of dog you often see in the street here; not a fat, wrinkly pugdog, nor a smooth-skinned bulldog, nor even a big shaggy fellow, but a slim, silky-haired, sharp-eared little dog, the prettiest thing you can imagine.
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