Doglessness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being without a dog. uncountable

    "If they had lived to threescore years and ten, man and dog might have travelled through life together, but as it is we must either have a succession of affections, or else, when the first is buried in its early grave, live in a chill condition of doglessness."

Example

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"If they had lived to threescore years and ten, man and dog might have travelled through life together, but as it is we must either have a succession of affections, or else, when the first is buried in its early grave, live in a chill condition of doglessness."

Etymology

From dogless + -ness.

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