working dog

[ wur-king dawg, dog ]

/ ˈwɜr kɪŋ ˌdɔg, ˌdɒg /

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noun

one of any of several breeds of usually large, powerful dogs originally developed to assist people in their daily work, as draft animals, guard dogs, and guide dogs, and including the boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, St. Bernard, and Siberian husky.

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Origin of working dog

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby working dog

working bee, working capital, working-capital fund, working class, working day, working dog, working drawing, Working Families Tax Credit, working fluid, working girl, workingman

How to use working dog in a sentence

Contract dogs were not treated the same as military working dogs.
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Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
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Take the chief metric of the war in Vietnam—body counts, which ultimately did not answer whether the strategy was working.
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I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.
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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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He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
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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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Beginning with single twigs and working over them patiently she at length painted whole trees, and later animals.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for working dog

working dog

noun

a dog of suitable breed or training kept for its practical use, such as herding sheep, rather than as a pet or for showing

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