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bottom dogs

bottom dogs is the plural of bottom dog.

Meaning of bottom dog

Noun

bottom dog (plural bottom dogs)

  1. An underdog (someone at a disadvantage).
    • There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member.2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38
    Antonyms:
    top dog

Questions about bottom dogs

What is bottom dogs the plural of?
Bottom dogs is the plural of bottom dog.

Words near bottom dogs in the dictionary

  1. bottom burp
  2. bottom burps
  3. bottom dead center
  4. bottom disease
  5. bottom dog
  6. bottom dogs
  7. bottom dollar
  8. bottom dollars
  9. bottom drawer
  10. bottom drawer syndrome
  11. bottom drawers

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