bandog

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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, 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

Bandog, a bailiff, or his followers; a sergeant, or his yeomen; also a fierce mastiff.

From The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew King of the Beggars; containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man by Unknown

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

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