dogs
/ (dɒɡz) /
the dogs British informal greyhound racing
slang the feet
marketing informal goods with a low market share, which are unlikely to yield substantial profits
go to the dogs informal to go to ruin physically or morally
let sleeping dogs lie to leave things undisturbed
throw someone to the dogs to abandon someone to criticism or attack
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British Dictionary definitions for Dogs (2 of 2)
/ (dɒɡz) /
Isle of Dogs a district in the East End of London, bounded on three sides by the River Thames, and a focus of major office development (Canary Wharf) in recent years
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How to use dogs in a sentence
Science imitates nature as researchers dream up robotic dogs, cheetahs, sharks and even cockroaches.
None, however, have been as all-out cute as this one, a shot-for-shot remake of the teaser with dogs and cats.
'Star Wars' Goes to the Dogs (and Cats) | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis health tracker for dogs fits snugly around collars and monitors activity with the goal of making dogs happier and healthier.
Its time for the government to put a stop to it for good and ban eating cats and dogs.
Will the Swiss Quit Cooking their Kittens and Puppies? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“In almost all rural areas of Switzerland, it is customary to eat cats and dogs,” she says.
Will the Swiss Quit Cooking their Kittens and Puppies? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The farewell and the mourning are finished by the slaughter of dogs, that the dying man may have forerunners in the other world.
One little girl attempted to smell at the trees in a drawing and pretended to feed some pictorial dogs.
Children's Ways | James SullyJust a little before daybreak they were all wakened by the bellowing of the oxen and the barking of dogs.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne“Akhab Khan prevented those Shia dogs from shooting you and Mayne-sahib,” went on the low murmur.
The Red Year | Louis TracyAs I came near the house, the dogs began to bark, just as I discovered my horse tied to a tree.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
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