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  • adjective having the approximate size of an average dog

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Examples

  • I dig a dog-sized hole, feeling awkward about my abilities.

    Dakota Roger Weaver 2011

  • They accepted the dog-sized brass bugs — aphids, ladybugs, beetles, ants — that will adorn the steel stems and fiberglass petals, but rejected the coffee cup, Doritos bag and extinguished matches he envisioned strewn about the medians.

    Planting Giant Seeds of Imagination Jed Lipinski 2011

  • There were little doggie sweaters, a doggie parka, even a little dog-sized bumblebee Halloween costume.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Researchers have discovered the skeleton of a new, dog-sized dinosaur, from the dawn of the dinosaur era 230 million years ago, bearing some of the first signs of features that were hallmarks of the fearsome predators.

    New dog-sized dinosaur discovered 2011

  • There were little doggie sweaters, a doggie parka, even a little dog-sized bumblebee Halloween costume.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • There were little doggie sweaters, a doggie parka, even a little dog-sized bumblebee Halloween costume.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • There were little doggie sweaters, a doggie parka, even a little dog-sized bumblebee Halloween costume.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Stepped outside this morning to discover dog-sized prints in the big planter ... not many, and probably due to Karma using the box as a vantage point to either investigate noises on the street or to try and figure out the neighbors.

    From Twitter 07-18-2009 2009

  • There were little doggie sweaters, a doggie parka, even a little dog-sized bumblebee Halloween costume.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • A Cub Scout leader showing an American friend round picked up the theme, leading the way to a dog-sized hole in the base of an otherwise windowless, doorless bastion on the summit.

    Britain's best views: Cheshire 2010

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