1A breed of farm dog used in herding cattle, typically a cross between a sheepdog and a mastiff or foxhound.
a yellow-fanged drover's dog had appeared on the side of the knoll
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- He heard the hoarse short barking of a drover's dog.
- Give me the life of a drover's dog.
- He panted distressingly, like a drover's dog on a hot day.
- Here's a drover's dog, waiting for his master outside a butcher's shop.
- He took off like a drover's dog for the finish line.
- 1.1informal A subordinate person considered unworthy of respect.
we don't know whether we're voting for the party leader or the drover's dog
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- If Hawke was the drover's dog, then it is fair to say Keating is what the dog left behind.
- A gift from the drover's dog might cripple the dictator.