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Water dog   /wˈɔtər dɔg/   Listen
Water dog

noun
1.
A person who enjoys being in or on the water.  Synonym: water rat.
2.
A dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl.






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"Water dog" Quotes from Famous Books



... around, with wide grins, because they fancied it would be rather a comical sight to see a race between the fat boy, who had only recently learned to swim, and made a tremendous splashing in the water; and Giraffe, who was a clumsy water dog at best, with one arm ...
— The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire - or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol • Herbert Carter

... cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie. [cats—generally] feline, puss, pussy; grimalkin^; gib cat, tom cat. [wild mammals] fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Water dog" :   crewman, water rat, sporting dog, gun dog, sailor



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