† shock-dogn.
Obsolete.
= shock n.4
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > defined by coat
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > poodle
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1673 T. Shadwell Epsom-Wells i. 9 We [women] are already so pester'd with gay Fools, that have no more sense than our Shock-dogs.
1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) IV. Advt. p. xiii Her shock dog, large as life, and only not alive, has a looseness and softness in the curls that seemed impossible to terra-cotta.
1845 W. Youatt Dog iv. 104 The Shock-dog is traced by Buffon, but somewhat erroneously, to a mixture of the small Danish dog and the pug.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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