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单词 drover's dog
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drover's dog

noun Australian /NZ
1A breed of farm dog used in herding cattle, typically a cross between a sheepdog and a mastiff or foxhound: a yellow-fanged drover’s dog had appeared on the side of the knoll...
  • He took off like a drover's dog for the finish line.
  • Here's a drover's dog, waiting for his master outside a butcher's shop.
  • He heard the hoarse short barking of a drover's dog.
1.1 informal A subordinate person considered unworthy of respect: we don’t know whether we’re voting for the party leader or the drover’s dog...
  • If Hawke was the drover's dog, then it is fair to say Keating is what the dog left behind.
  • A gift from the drover's dog might cripple the dictator.
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