running dog
Americannoun
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Disparaging. (especially in Chinese Communist propaganda)
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a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests.
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a manipulable, servile follower; lackey.
to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists.
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Architecture. Vitruvian scroll.
Etymology
Origin of running dog
1925–30; in political sense, translation of Chinese zǒugǒu
Example Sentences
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Will they end up running dog kennels or holiday cottages?
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2013
"We have the stunt dog, the running dog and the picture dog," trainer Mathilde de Cagny whispers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within weeks, the People's Daily switched lines, that Singapore is no longer a running dog of the Americans, it's a very nice city, a garden city, good public housing, very clean place.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meares and Dimitri running dog teams to and fro for light gear.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
It has shown us, for instance, that the galloping race-horse, with legs stretched out as we are used to see it, is a mythical animal, probably founded on the mental image or a running dog.
From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn
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