bandog
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Had you been bitten with Bandog fleas, as I have been, and haunted with the night Mare.
From Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Beaumont, Francis
Bandog, ban′dog, n. a dog tied up as a watch-dog, or because of its ferocity.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Morrow Uncle, morrow Frank, sweet Frank, and how, and how d'ee, think now, how shew matters? morrow Bandog.
From Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Beaumont, Francis
The names Tie-dog and Bandog intimate that the Mastiff was commonly kept for guard, but many were specially trained for baiting bears, imported lions, and bulls.
From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert
Bandog, a bailiff, or his followers; a sergeant, or his yeomen; also a fierce mastiff.
