Dogwise

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a dog. not-comparable

    "He prowls round the neighborhood at nightfall, lying perdu all the day, generally in an inaccessible morass, curled up or lying outstretched dogwise on a round hassock of grass […]"

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"He prowls round the neighborhood at nightfall, lying perdu all the day, generally in an inaccessible morass, curled up or lying outstretched dogwise on a round hassock of grass […]"

Etymology

From dog + -wise.

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