Meaning of doggicide | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of dogicide.

alt-of, alternative, countable, nonce-word, uncountable

Examples

“That every body who drinks the London water does eventually die is such a startling fact that we wonder that every family does not immediately plug up its cistern, cut off the connection with the company's main, and give the turncock into custody, as an accessory before the fact, in a long list of homicides, femicides, girlicides, boyicides, doggicides, caticides and horseicides.”

“"[…] Have you shot a dog or killed a keeper? Which are you flying from, doggicide or homicide; or are you merely convicted of incompetence? […]"”

“"Ask Tart here. Her dog nearly got added to someone's cow stew before she got here." Tart clutched at her own tubby little pooch and scowled at me like I was guilty of doggicide.”

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