Guard-dog
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of guard dog. alt-of, alternative
"The houses were mostly silent ; now and then a guard‐dog growled at some occult alarm ; a woman somewhere was softly and fitfully singing a child to sleep, and the baby crooned too, and joined in the vague, drowsy ditty."
Example
More examples"The houses were mostly silent ; now and then a guard‐dog growled at some occult alarm ; a woman somewhere was softly and fitfully singing a child to sleep, and the baby crooned too, and joined in the vague, drowsy ditty."
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