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dogtrot

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dog⋅trot

  [dawg-trot, dog-] noun, verb, -trot⋅ted, -trot⋅ting.
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–noun
1. a gentle trot, like that of a dog.
2. South Midland and Southern U.S. a covered passage or porch linking two parts of a house; breezeway.
–verb (used without object)
3. to go or move at a gentle trot or a dogtrot.
Origin:
1655–65; dog + trot
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dog·trot   (dôg'trŏt', dŏg'-)   
n.  

  1. A steady trot like that of a dog.

  2. Chiefly Southern U.S. A roofed passage between two parts of a structure.

intr.v.   dog·trot·ted, dog·trot·ting, dog·trots
To move at a steady trot.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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