sick-dog
nounAustralian slang
a calm and unruffled person
adjective
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. LawrenceAt these amateur shows—as at too many professional exhibits—there was always danger of some sick dog spreading epidemic.
Lad: A Dog | Albert Payson TerhuneThat is quite possible, my dear, but I would not give a sick dog in charge of a physician who writes.
The Physiology of Marriage, Complete | Honore de BalzacOut 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 DawsonThey softly dropped the packs and the sick dog lay meekly down beside them.
Rolf In The Woods | Ernest Thompson Seton
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