Dogward

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards a dog. not-comparable

    "Another burgher, interrupted in her reading of Goethe, might fling open her second-floor shutter and toss a panful of hot water dogward, cursing in a guttural German."

Example

More examples

"Another burgher, interrupted in her reading of Goethe, might fling open her second-floor shutter and toss a panful of hot water dogward, cursing in a guttural German."

Etymology

From dog + -ward.

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