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lenshound

lenshound noun: a press photographer.

Noun

lenshound (plural lenshounds)

  1. (slang) A press photographer.
    • A tip of the hat to your newspaper's lenshounds and their first-class job in capturing the essence of the CNE air show.2009 September 10, “Lenshounds fly high at air show”, in Toronto Star

Forms of lenshound

plurallenshounds

Origin of lenshound

From lens + hound.

Questions about lenshound

What does lenshound mean?
Lenshound means a press photographer.
What part of speech is lenshound?
Lenshound is a noun.
What is the plural of lenshound?
The plural of lenshound is lenshounds.

Words near lenshound in the dictionary

  1. lenses
  2. lensfree
  3. lensgrinder
  4. lensgrinders
  5. lensgrinding
  6. lenshound
  7. lenshounds
  8. lensing
  9. lensings
  10. lensless
  11. lenslessness

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