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Meanings of stray dogs in English

Russian
бездомная собака
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Any dog that is not contained.

        бездомная собака
        Synonyms
        Examples for "free-ranging dog"
        Examples for "free-ranging dog"
        1
        A stray dog that had wandered into the courtyard watched them gravely.
        Long Live the King!
        2
        When we drive out of town some stray dog will follow us.
        The Voyage of the Rattletrap
        3
        He was, he had said with a bitter wistfulness, a stray dog.
        The Hidden Places
        4
        Since he says it's a stray dog, a stray dog it is.
        The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
        5
        Neutral expression-likeone you'd use on a stray dog of unknown temperament.
        Spike
        Usage of stray dogs in English
        1
        He was always hauling home stray dogs and birds with broken wings.
        Midnight hero
        2
        Some captives trapped stray dogs, some ate lizards, grasshoppers and even earthworms.
        Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
        3
        Samoa Police are planning to train impounded stray dogs as police dogs.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Subteen posses threw firecrackers at stray dogs and the few roving chickens.
        11/22/63
        5
        His gregarious friend attracted girls like stray dogs to a sausage truck.
        Sushi for one?
        6
        It does not have problems with violent crime or stray dogs, it says.
        Reuters
        7
        Numbers of stray dogs and cats attest the many deserted homes.
        A Woman's Part in a Revolution
        8
        Samoa has a new facility to shelter and train stray dogs.
        Radio NZ
        9
        After the waving, the stray dogs chased us out of town.
        The Guardian
        10
        Lots and lots of stray dogs around, many with grotesque deformities.
        John Dies at the End
        11
        The prevalence in stray dogs was significantly higher than that in shelter dogs.
        Pubmed
        12
        Many of Indian Kashmir's streets lie deserted aside from stray dogs.
        Reuters
        13
        Heaps of garbage and packs of stray dogs blight the bleak urban landscape.
        Reuters
        14
        Am I really going to let some stray dogs tree me way out here?
        A Winter Haunting
        15
        My reception was always the same: cheering crowds, squealing children and happy stray dogs.
        The forever war
        16
        Restaurants and stray dogs don't go well together, you know.
        Love is the best medicine: what two dogs taught one veterinarian...
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        Translations for stray dogs
        Stray dogs through the time
        Stray dogs across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common