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Synonyms for bandog


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ban-dawg, -dog
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbænˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg



Définition of bandog

  • As in guard dog : noun dog for protection
Example sentences :
  • Had you been bitten with Bandog fleas, as I have been, and haunted with the night Mare.
  • Extract from : « Wit Without Money » by Francis Beaumont
  • Bandog, ban′dog, n. a dog tied up as a watch-dog, or because of its ferocity.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • But now I put thee out of door and set the bandog to guard it; thou art locked out though the door be wide open, seest thou?
  • Extract from : « Days of the Discoverers » by L. Lamprey
  • A bandog, as the name imports, was a dog so fierce, as to require to be chained up.
  • Extract from : « The Plays of Philip Massinger » by Philip Massinger
  • Bandog, a bailiff, or his followers; a sergeant, or his yeomen; also a fierce mastiff.
  • Extract from : « The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew » by Unknown
  • Mastin, a mastiue or bandog; a great country curre; also a rude, filthie, currish or cruell fellow.
  • Extract from : « The Master of Game » by Second Duke of York, Edward
  • In the neighbourhood of this ton or dun of Elbo there are persistent traditions of a spectral hound or bandog.
  • Extract from : « Archaic England » by Harold Bayley

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