house dog
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
house dog (plural house dogs)
- A dog used to protect a house, a watchdog; (later also) a dog kept as a pet. [from 16th c.]
- Synonym: watchdog
- 1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: [s.n.], published 1730, →OCLC:
- The house-dog, with the vacant greyhound, lies, / Out-stretch'd, and sleepy.