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bandog|ˈbændɒg|
Forms: 5–7 band-dogge, 5 bande doge, bon-, bonde dogge, 6 band-dogg, 6–7 band-dog, bandogge, 7 ban-dogg, 6– ban-dog, bandog.
[f. band n.1 6 = fastening + dog.]
orig. A dog tied or chained up, either to guard a house, or on account of its ferocity; hence gen. a mastiff, bloodhound.
c1425in Wright Voc. 187 Molosus, band-dogge. c1440Promp. Parv. 43 Bondogge [1499 bonde dogge], Molosus. c1560Thersites in Hazl. Dodsl. I. 399 The bandog Cerberus from hell he bare away. 1577Harrison England iii. vii. 44 The mastiffe, tie dog, or banddog, so called bicause manie of them are tied up in chaines..for dooing hurt abroad. 1669G. Etherege Love in Tub iv. iii, As fierce as a Ban-dog that has newly broke his chain. 1813Scott Rokeby v. xxxvi, As the bull, at bay, Tosses the ban-dogs from his way.
b. fig.; also in phr. to speak bandog and Bedlam: i.e. furiously and madly.
1600Dekker Gentle Craft Wks. 1873 I. 19 O master, is it you that speak bandog and Bedlam this morning? 1610Chester's Tri., Envie 12 Thou envious Bandogge, speake and doe thy worst. 1645Ussher Body of Div. (1647) 376 Letting loose Satan, his band-dog, to..molest the godly. 1829Scott Anne of G. (1833) I. 133 He was usually spoken of as the bandog of Burgundy, or the Alsatian mastiff.
c. attrib. or appositive.
1616Beaum. & Fl. Wit without M. v. i, Bitten with bandog-fleas. 1629H. Burton Babel no Beth. Ep. Ded. 9 All the band-dog heresies of hell were let loose.
Senses a, b, c in Dict. become 1 a, 2, 3. Add: [1.] b. A cross-breed of large, ferocious dog, produced by crossing American pit bull terriers with (usu.) Neapolitan mastiffs; a dog of this cross-breed.
1984C. Semencic World of Fighting Dogs 209 About 15 years ago a veterinarian by the name of Swinford began a breeding program which was ultimately to produce the greatest of all protection dogs... Unfortunately Swinford died at an early age, and his Bandog was never perfected as purebred. Ibid., The Bandog, also sometimes known as the Swinford Bandog, or the American Mastiff, is currently produced in different ways. 1990Evening Standard 6 Mar. 15/1 Dog breeders are mating what the RSPCA describe as the world's most savage dog, the American pit bull terrier with Rottweilers, mastiffs and Rhodesian Ridgebacks to produce terrifying beasts called Bandogs. 1991Independent 22 May 3/1 A ban was imposed at midnight last night on the import of American pit bull terriers, Japanese tosas and ban dogs. |