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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