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dog-catcher
noun
- a local official whose job is to catch and impound stray dogs, cats, etc
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She attacked them for trying to tell candidates what to say even though "they are not willing, or able, to run for dog catcher."
Have confidence in everything you do, even when you eat sausages at a quick lunch next door to the dog-catcher.
If he looks as if a dog-catcher had spat him out on the street, then, with such women-folks, he needn't be afraid of a prince!
Then a dog catcher was hired, warnings were posted, and the stray dogs were gathered up and mysteriously disposed of.
Im afraid, said Mr. Maclin, that the dog-catcher has caught the little brown dog.
To Miss Clementinas mind the dog-catcher suggested awful possibilities.
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