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Meanings of pie-dog in English

Ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India.

Synonyms
Examples for "pariah dog"
Examples for "pariah dog"
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Suddenly in the distance a pariah dog gave a prolonged melancholy howl.
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2
There did not seem to be so much as a pariah dog outside.
The Story of Sonny Sahib
3
But the disease crept along with us like a pariah dog.
The heretic's daughter: a novel
4
And Umballa has the heart of a flea-bitten pariah dog.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
5
Better death on the pyre than a future like that of a pariah dog.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
1
They had already changed themselves into dogs: village dogs, pye-dogs, perhaps dingos.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
2
Bébé learned to love even the pye-dogs which congregated under the huts, and would let him touch them.
Chatterbox, 1905.
3
Uncle Ferrers' Sikhs and Pathan soldiers called him that, because whenever he fought with the pye-dogs or other dogs, Boh always won.
Chatterbox, 1905.
Usage of pie-dog in English
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The cook would now be plucking a chicken behind the resthouse and the pie-dogs would be gathering in the hope of scraps...
The Human Factor