Meaning of bandog | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dog that has been tied up; a mastiff or other kind of guard dog.
   archaic
2. A type of large, ferocious dog, bred by crossing American pit bull terriers with Neapolitan mastiffs.
   specifically
3. Something that or someone who pursues doggedly.
   figuratively, literary
4. A bailiff or prison guard.
   obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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⟳.”

“Patriots may smile⟳; and, using him [ Jean-Paul Marat ] as bandog now to be muzzled, now to be let⟳ bark....”

“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⟳.”

“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.”

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