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coach dog

coach dog is the alternative form of coachdog.

Meaning of coachdog

Noun

coachdog (plural coachdogs)

  1. (historical) A dog trained to accompany carriages.
    • Dog No. 1 was then confined in a comfortable kennel, while No. 2 had to run after the doctor's coach, not at a breathless rate of speed, but at a fair, brisk trot, for two hours and a half. As soon as they got home, the coach-dog and his comrade were slain and dissected: the kennel-dog had...1881 February, Felix Leopold Oswald, “Physical Education”, in Popular Science Monthly
  2. (dated) The Dalmatian (often used as a coach dog).
    Synonyms:
    carriage dog

Forms of coach dog

pluralcoach dogs

Questions about coach dog

What is coach dog the alternative form of?
Coach dog is the alternative form of coachdog.

Words near coach dog in the dictionary

  1. coach and fours
  2. coach bolt
  3. coach bolts
  4. coach box
  5. coach boxes
  6. coach dog
  7. coach dogs
  8. coach driver
  9. coach drivers
  10. coach gun
  11. coach guns

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