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单词 doggery
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doggery

[ daw-guh-ree, dog-uh- ]
/ ˈdɔ gə ri, ˈdɒg ə- /

noun, plural dog·ger·ies.

doglike behavior or conduct, especially when surly.
dogs collectively.
rabble; mob.
Older Slang. a place where liquor is sold; saloon.

Origin of doggery

First recorded in 1605–15; dog + -ery

Words nearby doggery

dog fox, dogged, dogger, Dogger Bank, doggerel, doggery, Doggett's Coat and Badge race, dogging, doggish, doggo, doggone
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Example sentences from the Web for doggery

  • He dressed as a townsman; he frequented the poolroom and Gatty's doggery.

    David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
  • So much had this doggery become frequented by these gentlemen that it became jocularly known among them as the "club annex."

    Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday
  • Berry subsequently kept a doggery, a whiskey saloon, as I do now, or did.

    The Life Of Abraham Lincoln|Ward H. Lamon
  • He is prone in life's very gutter; bloated, reeking and polluted with the doggery's slops and filth.

    Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners|B.G. Jefferis

British Dictionary definitions for doggery

doggery
/ (ˈdɒɡərɪ) /

noun plural -geries

surly behaviour
dogs collectively
a mob
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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