sick-dog


nounAustralian slang
  1. a calm and unruffled person

adjective
  1. excellent

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How to use sick-dog in a sentence

  • She goes into the corridor and is sick—very sick, leaning her head like a sick dog on the window-ledge.

    Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
  • At these amateur shows—as at too many professional exhibits—there was always danger of some sick dog spreading epidemic.

    Lad: A Dog | Albert Payson Terhune
  • That is quite possible, my dear, but I would not give a sick dog in charge of a physician who writes.

  • Out there he had been strong; here he was a sick dog, licking his sores and whimpering at his own shadow.

    The Kingdom Round the Corner | Coningsby Dawson
  • They softly dropped the packs and the sick dog lay meekly down beside them.

    Rolf In The Woods | Ernest Thompson Seton