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Meanings of hound dog in English

Any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears.

Usage of hound dog in English
1
A deep male voice began to croon, singing about a hound dog.
The Vanished
2
Man, I have never been so glad to see that hound dog.
Midnight hero
3
He'll be happy as a hound dog to see you tonight.
Summers at Castle Auburn
4
Paloma's old knees were shaking, and she cringed to him like a hound dog.
The Red One
5
He was delighted: here was an intelligent dog, and not a mere hound dog.
Wait until spring, bandini
6
Joe looked like a mournful old hound dog, but he could somehow attract good-looking women.
The devil's touch
7
You love that old hound dog, for instance.
You can't stop me
8
The adults grinned as someone then sang "You ain't nothing but a hound dog".
The Irish Times
9
He could hear the poor kid through the connecting door, hacking away like a hound dog.
The stand
10
Be careful of the dogs, almost anybody will steal a hound dog and brag about it afterwards.
Watch Yourself Go By
11
I remember meeting LaManche's hound dog gaze.
206 Bones
12
One was Joe Bob Skinner, Soybean Farmer, Brown River, Ala. who has a hound dog, Bob Joe.
The new yorker
13
The laundry truck was crouched across the gravel from me like a hound dog, growling and rasping.
Night Shift
14
The damn sidewinder was happier than a thirsty tick on the hind end of a hound dog.
Savage
15
In conversation she reminds me of a hound dog, intent on retrieving a single bird at a time.
Unfinished desires: a novel
16
He gave her hound dog eyes.
Mission road