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Meanings of shaggy dog in English

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Usage of shaggy dog in English
1
Lebrun, like a big, shaggy dog, shook himself free from creeping somnolence.
I Will Repay
2
He finishes with a shaggy dog story set in a pub toilet.
The Guardian
3
Your flirting is like a big shaggy dog playing with a little kitten.
Records of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries
4
A shaggy dog ran by her feet to the river's edge and barked.
The Happy Foreigner
5
He is a large shaggy dog, owned by a gentleman who lives near.
The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. / A Monthly Mag...
6
Some kind of big shaggy dog, that was what Roy said.
The skin trade
7
The shaggy dog and the gorilla glanced at each other in silent relief.
Wizard at Large
8
Had the shaggy dog been wearing pants when he came in?
Wizard at Large
9
A cream-colored colt bounded along behind, and presently a shaggy dog came in sight.
The Rainbow Trail
10
Or, perhaps, a shaggy dog story perpetuated by Ellery Queen.
White fire
11
His dark beard was long and unkempt like the fur of a shaggy dog.
Servant of a dark god
12
He saw the rabbit in the water and he also saw the big shaggy dog.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels
13
It was a great shaggy dog, brown and white.
John of the Woods
14
It's a not-so- shaggy dog story with a happy ending.
The Irish Times
15
The put on, the shaggy dog, the put upon.
The Irish Times
16
But at the same time a shaggy dog walks across the face of the goalmouth.
The Guardian
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