Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as dog-headed .

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a face resembling that of a dog.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.

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Examples

  • We get prepped for the big finale, and we don't want the guy who turns up with the scythe to be Jo-Jo the dog-faced boy.

    Death Pays a Visit But Fucks Up Gita M. Smith 2012

  • Lieberman is a slimy, two-faced, whorish big industry and big insurance loving pile of political dog-faced sludge.

    Lieberman: I'll back health care bill without Medicare expansion 2009

  • No, Moe, that was not a very nice thing to say about dog-faced boys. nt janis

    Blagojevich & Obama. | RedState 2010

  • Nope, Moe was referring to Rahmbo as the dog-faced boy. janis

    Blagojevich & Obama. | RedState 2010

  • "Drainage Ditch: Georgetown" 1995 is a cross-section of that city's eccentric ecology, including a filthy-looking underwater habitat full of discarded tires and dog-faced fish, one with newborns—gross but poignant.

    An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias Sidney Lawrence 2011

  • I am a living owl, a beautiful owl knocked from the nest she had so carefully built and tended to, kicked to the ground by an evil, dog-faced owl who …

    THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010

  • They are the sisters of someone that Bob and Phil knew in the war, "a dog-faced" mess sergeant who probably got that way after his face was his by German mortars, because of the production of "BABES IN ARMS" that Bob staged on the beaches during the Normandy invasion.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • They are the sisters of someone that Bob and Phil knew in the war, "a dog-faced" mess sergeant who probably got that way after his face was his by German mortars, because of the production of "BABES IN ARMS" that Bob staged on the beaches during the Normandy invasion.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Two mouthed sheep stare unhappily at eight-Legged lambs and dog-faced mice.

    I Am Elif Batuman and You're Not 2010

  • Kevin approaches, eyes the glittering rims, leans in the window, smells the new leather, and studies the dog-faced Rah.

    Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010

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