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doglore

doglore noun: folklore relating to dogs.

Noun

doglore (uncountable)

  1. folklore relating to dogs
    • One touch of doglore makes the whole world kin.1928, Scribner's magazine: Volume 84
    • The main cliches of doglore are well represented. There is a singing dog; a nervous postie ("some of the blokes who do this route call it death row"); a disgusted terrace-house dweller weary of the sight and odour of dog crap on her nature strip […]1990, The Bulletin: Volumes 5743-5750

Origin of doglore

From dog + lore.

Questions about doglore

What does doglore mean?
Doglore means folklore relating to dogs.
What part of speech is doglore?
Doglore is a noun.

Words near doglore in the dictionary

  1. doglings
  2. doglock
  3. doglocks
  4. dogloo
  5. dogloos
  6. doglore
  7. doglover
  8. doglovers
  9. dogly
  10. dogma
  11. dogmalike

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