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pavement specials

pavement specials is the plural of pavement special.

Meaning of pavement special

Noun

pavement special (plural pavement specials)

  1. (South Africa) A dog (especially a stray dog) of miscellaneous ancestry; a mongrel, a mutt.
    • [E]very mangy, threadbare, snarling cur pariah pavement-special dog that ever got kicked in the ribs appears from the shadows of twisted dreams and with flashing fangs bears down on the injured party to rip her apart in a streak of blood and matted fur.1996 (date written), Brett Bailey, “Notes from the Wilderness”, in The Plays of Miracle & Wonder: Bewitching Visions and Primal High-jinx from the South African Stage, Cape Town, South Africa: Double...
    Synonyms:
    Heinz 57

Questions about pavement specials

What is pavement specials the plural of?
Pavement specials is the plural of pavement special.

Words near pavement specials in the dictionary

  1. pavement pizza
  2. pavement pizzas
  3. pavement princess
  4. pavement princesses
  5. pavement special
  6. pavement specials
  7. pavement-pizza
  8. pavemental
  9. pavemented
  10. pavementing
  11. pavementless

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