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View synonyms for bottom dog
bottom dog
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bottom dog1
First recorded in 1880–85; by analogy with top dog
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Example Sentences
It is when we have to deal with the "Bottom Dog" that we ignore the facts which plead so strongly in his defence.
From Project Gutenberg
The little horse in the horse-race, sah—the bottom dog in the dog-fight, sah.
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It pleased her to think that she was patting the bottom dog's head.
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