doggie

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dog·gie

(dô′gē, dŏg′ē)

n. or dog·gy (dô′gē, dŏg′ē) Informal

A dog.

adj.

Variant of doggy.

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Noun

doggie - informal terms for dogs

doggy, pooch, barker, bow-wow

Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"

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cagnolino

doggie

doggy [ˈdɒgi] n → toutou m doggy bag doggie bag n petit sac pour emporter les restes après un repas au restaurantdoggy paddle

n → nage f du chien
to do the doggy paddle → faire la nage du chien

vi → faire la nage du chiendog handler n → maître-chien mf

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doggie

, doggy

n (inf) → kleiner Hund, Hündchen nt

adj → Hunde-; (= dog loving) → hundenärrisch; I’m not really a doggie person → ich bin kein großer Freund von Hunden; doggie smell → Hundegeruch m

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Good doggie, go away and get run over by a street car and be happy."

"Doggie," says he, finally, "we don't live more than a dozen lives on this earth, and very few of us live to be more than 300.

"Me and my doggie, we are bound for the Rocky Mountains."

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But the doggie ate up the pancake and barked, saying:

Then the old woman tried to coax the doggie with more pancakes and to terrify it with blows, but he barked on, always repeating the same words.

But the doggie beneath the table began to bark, saying:

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As she gave a dainty scrap or two to the doggie, she talked intimately to him about Etienne and Raoul.

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Yes, poor doggie, you are very stupid, very stupid indeed, compared with us clever men, who understand all about politics and philosophy, and who know everything, in short, except what we are and where we came from and whither we are going, and what everything outside this tiny world and most things in it are.

Never mind, though, pussy and doggie, we like you both all the better for your being stupid.

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Fetch it, good Doggie!" he hurled it over a clump of bushes.

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As she approached, she could hear Evelyn's voice repeating monotonously, "Here then--here--good doggie, come here"; for a moment nothing seemed to happen; it all stood still, and then she realised that one of the figures was Helen Ambrose; and the dust again began to settle.

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Low why they did this, answered, "Doggies catch otters, old women no." This boy described the manner in which they are killed by being held over smoke and thus choked; he imitated their screams as a joke, and described the parts of their bodies which are considered best to eat.

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