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dogs' lives

dogs' lives is the plural of dog's life.

Meaning of dog's life

Noun

dog's life (plural dogs' lives)

  1. (idiomatic) A miserable, wretched existence.
    • Mr. Ford afterwards had a dogs life among them.1528, J. Strype, Fox Manuscripts, page 174
  2. (idiomatic) A life of indolence where the individual may do as they please, just like a pampered dog.

Questions about dogs' lives

What is dogs' lives the plural of?
Dogs' lives is the plural of dog's life.

Words near dogs' lives in the dictionary

  1. dogs it
  2. dogs of war
  3. dogs out
  4. dogs that caught the car
  5. dogs' dinners
  6. dogs' lives
  7. dogs**t
  8. dogs-bane
  9. dogs-banes
  10. dogsat
  11. dogsbane

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