Meaning of dog man | Babel Free

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[.]”

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