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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{compound|band|dog|lang=en}}.
From {{compound|en|band|dog}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈbandɒɡ/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbandɒɡ/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-bandog.ogg|a=AU}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{lb|en|now|_|rare}} A [[dog]] that has been tied up; a [[mastiff]] or other kind of [[guard dog]].
# {{lb|en|archaic}} A [[dog#Noun|dog]] that has been [[tie#Verb|tied]] up; a [[mastiff]] or other kind of [[guard dog]].
#* {{RQ:Strutt Scott Queenhoo-Hall|volume=IV|pages=48–49|pageref=49|passage=The horsemen spreading themselves along the side of the cover, waited untill the keeper entered, leading his '''ban-dog'''; a large blood-hound tied in a leam or band, from which he takes his name.}}
#* '''1837''' {{w|Thomas Carlyle}}, ''{{w|The French Revolution: A History}}''
#*: Patriots may smile; and, using him [ {{w|Jean-Paul Marat}} ] as '''bandog''' now to be muzzled, now to be let bark....
#* {{RQ:Carlyle French Revolution|text=Patriots may smile; and, using him [ {{w|Jean-Paul Marat}} ] as '''bandog''' now to be muzzled, now to be let bark....}}
#* '''1982''', {{w|Lawrence Durrell}}, ''Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet''), p. 934:
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1982|author=w:Lawrence Durrell|title=Constance|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=2004|series=Avignon Quintet|page=934
#*: The guns on the fortress responded, but the small calibre made them sound as if they were yapping like '''bandogs''' while the bombers bayed and gave tongue like hounds in cry.
|passage=The guns on the fortress responded, but the small calibre made them sound as if they were yapping like '''bandogs''' while the bombers bayed and gave tongue like hounds in cry.}}
# Specifically, a type of large, ferocious dog bred by crossing American [[pit bull terrier]]s with Neapolitan [[mastiff]]s.
# {{lb|en|specifically}} A type of large, [[ferocious]] dog, bred by crossing American [[pit bull terrier]]s with Neapolitan [[mastiff]]s.
# {{lb|en|figurative|literary}} Something that or someone who pursues doggedly.
#* {{RQ:Lindsay Age of Consent|year=1962|page=89|passage=He escaped from that experience confounded, horrified, and conscious of degradation. Those infernal '''bandogs''' of the law had treated him as a piece of insensate property to their drivelling mumbo-jumbo, as if mere contact with it had robbed him of all rights to the dignity and integrity of his own ego.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|slang|cant}} A [[bailiff]] or prison guard.
# {{lb|en|obsolete|slang|cant}} A [[bailiff]] or prison guard.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|band-dog|ban dog}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-see|guard dog}}
{{trans-see|guard dog}}


{{trans-top|American breed of dog}}
{{trans-top|American pit bull terrior and Neapolitan mastiff cross}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|amerikanbandoggi}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|amerikanbandoggi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|bandog|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abdgno|Bogdan|dongba}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=abdgno|Badong|Bogdan|dongba}}


[[Category:en:Dogs]]
{{C|en|Dogs}}

Latest revision as of 12:24, 27 September 2024

English

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Etymology

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From band +‎ dog.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bandog (plural bandogs)

  1. (archaic) A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog.
  2. (specifically) A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.
  3. (figurative, literary) Something that or someone who pursues doggedly.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 89:
      He escaped from that experience confounded, horrified, and conscious of degradation. Those infernal bandogs of the law had treated him as a piece of insensate property to their drivelling mumbo-jumbo, as if mere contact with it had robbed him of all rights to the dignity and integrity of his own ego.
  4. (obsolete, slang, cant) A bailiff or prison guard.

Alternative forms

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