dog pound
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2.5
- noun
- /dɔɡ paʊnd/
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perrera
- The only dogs in the dog pound were wild Indian dogs.
The dog # Hell yeah, Dude, the dog pound was huge when I was young, that Bernie Kosar.
- The dog # Hell yeah, Dude, the dog pound was huge when I was young, that Bernie Kosar.
Examples
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After rescuing the stray, she took it to the dog pound for care.
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They're gonna send me back to that dog pound, Surly, I know it, I just know it!
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This is like a dog pound.
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"Welcome to the dog pound," he said.
Fiction book (1999) -
- Jack Mitchell works at the dog pound.
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Why don't you take it over to the dog pound?
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She's in the municipal dog pound.
Fiction book (1993) -
So Mr. Mertle, the guy that used to own the place, got him this new pup from the dog pound.
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Our room in her attic looked out on the dog pound—and down the road, on the baseball field.
Fiction book (1992) -
In Wetumpka, there was a dog pound, and stray dogs were always feared for carrying mange and exotic fevers.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a public place where stray or unlicensed dogs are kept' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'dog' (canine) with 'pound' (a public enclosure for stray animals). This straightforward noun–noun compounding is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Dog pound comes from the old word pound, which meant a fenced area or pen where stray animals were kept. Dogs were put into the pound until their owner came or someone adopted them, so dog pound today means 'a public place where stray or lost dogs are kept'.