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单词 war-dog
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war-dogn.

Brit. /ˈwɔːdɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌdɔɡ/, /ˈwɔrˌdɑɡ/
A dog trained for use in war (formerly, to attack the foe; latterly, for carrying messages, sentry-work, etc.). Also figurative, a fierce warrior (cf. sea-dog n.); U.S. one whose voice is for war, a ‘war-hawk’.
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society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [noun] > warmongering > warmonger
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > miscellaneous types of
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1813 Columbian Centinel 23 Oct. 2/1 in A. Matthews Uncle Sam (1908) 28 War-dogs.
1846 Congressional Globe 18 Apr. 687/1 The gentleman regarded 54° 40′ men as ‘war-hawks’ and ‘war-dogs!’
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. ix. 157 In the hour of battle..the Prince..shrieked curses and encouragement, yelling and harking his bloody war-dogs on, and himself always at the first of the hunt.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 74 But they know where their war-dogs lie. Cromwell, Blake, Marlborough, Chatham, Nelson, and Wellington, are not to be trifled with.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 325/2 Corinth was said to have been saved by 50 war dogs, which attacked the enemy that had landed while the garrison slept.
1894 Daily News 1 June 6/7 A type-writing cyclist, who sends despatches back from the front by a war-dog.
1900 United Service Mag. Jan. 425 The umpires decided that the carrying of despatches was the first and indispensable qualification for a ‘war-dog’.
1920 E. H. Richardson (title) British War Dogs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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