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somedog

somedog pronoun: somebody, referring to a canine.

Pronoun

somedog

  1. (humorous) Somebody, referring to a canine.
    • Outside the dogs crowded me, their whiskery faces eager and struggling to keep themselves civilized. They knew that arguing with one another meant losing food to somedog else and they stood like statues drooling while I emptied soup into their bowls; if any of them heard the knock at the door, none...2002, Sonya Hartnett, Thurday's Child, page 168
    • Again research (mine) shows that dogs do seem to know when a person particularly needs someone/somedog to be nice to them.2013, Michele Hanson, Absolutely Barking: Adventures in Dog Ownership, page 168

Origin of somedog

From some + dog, by analogy with somebody.

Questions about somedog

What does somedog mean?
Somedog means somebody, referring to a canine.
What part of speech is somedog?
Somedog is a pronoun.

Words near somedog in the dictionary

  1. somecat
  2. someday
  3. somedays
  4. somedeal
  5. somedele
  6. somedog
  7. somefin'
  8. somefink
  9. somefur
  10. somehow
  11. somehow or another

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