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Meaning of dog man | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A man who likes dogs or prefers dogs as pets, often as opposed to liking cats.
  2. A man who breeds, handles, or sells dogs; a greyhound or hunting dog handler.

Examples

“Now. I am not a cat man, but a dog man. Indeed, if I had my way. I would own an English bulldog, which I consider the king of breeds.”
“Major Anstruther did not care much for cats: he was a dog-man himself.”
“Elton is a dog man, not a cat man.”
“If you were a total dog man like Joe, and a one-man dog like Cass, the relationship developed a mutual dependency, as close as any marriage, of minds and hearts.”
“"You a dog man or a cat man?" "Dog, I guess."”
“Of course there is a sprinkling of wealthy dog men, but in the main it is working-class hopefuls who supply the fields[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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