running dog
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Will they end up running dog kennels or holiday cottages?
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2013
Within weeks, the People's Daily switched lines, that Singapore is no longer a running dog of the Americans, it's a very nice city, a garden city, good public housing, very clean place.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"We have the stunt dog, the running dog and the picture dog," trainer Mathilde de Cagny whispers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Well, with that lame shoulder of yours, son, you'd have a hard time of it holding a running dog in leash.
From With Trapper Jim in the North Woods by Leslie, Lawrence J.
It has shown us, for instance, that the galloping race-horse, with legs stretched out as we are used to see it, is a mythical animal, probably founded on the mental image or a running dog.
From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn