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rob-dogs

rob-dogs is the plural of rob-dog.

Meaning of rob-dog

Noun

rob-dog (plural rob-dogs)

  1. (informal) A grasping person; a rip-off merchant.
    • No one likes to be the first to raise prices for fear of being branded a "rob dog" or a "speculator" and losing trade, for all fear the reaction of customers and competitors (see Table V).1960, The Review of Economic Studies, volumes 15-16, page 153

Questions about rob-dogs

What is rob-dogs the plural of?
Rob-dogs is the plural of rob-dog.

Words near rob-dogs in the dictionary

  1. Rob Roy
  2. Rob Roys
  3. rob the cradle
  4. rob'd
  5. rob-dog
  6. rob-dogs
  7. robab
  8. robabs
  9. Roback
  10. Robacks
  11. Robaina

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