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dog-children

dog-children is the plural of dog-child.

Meaning of dog-child

Noun

dog-child (plural dog-children)

  1. A feral child who lives as a dog, outside human society.
  2. (humorous, often) A dog, treated as if a child of the owner.
    • Remove the pan and slice cookies into bars or squares, depending on the mouth size of your dog-child.1993 December 15, “PICKY DOGS NEED YULE TREATS, TOO”, in The Charlotte Observer

Questions about dog-children

What is dog-children the plural of?
Dog-children is the plural of dog-child.

Words near dog-children in the dictionary

  1. dog-catchers
  2. dog-cheap
  3. dog-cherries
  4. dog-cherry
  5. dog-child
  6. dog-children
  7. dog-day cicada
  8. dog-day cicadas
  9. dog-doo
  10. dog-ear
  11. dog-eared

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