Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog officer.
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- noun A person whose job is to
catch and removestray dogs .
Etymologies
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A friend, a serious writer and reader of this blog, is now working on some tales of her life as an Animal Control Officer "dogcatcher" in a big city.
Archive 2006-06-01 2006
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A friend, a serious writer and reader of this blog, is now working on some tales of her life as an Animal Control Officer "dogcatcher" in a big city.
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Suddenly, it didn’t matter whether we would be late for dinner, or whether someone would call the dogcatcher before we could lasso the dog.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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Suddenly, it didn’t matter whether we would be late for dinner, or whether someone would call the dogcatcher before we could lasso the dog.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith Jack Canfield 2008
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July 23rd, 2009 10: 09 am ET please voters in connectcut this idiot startes the whole damm banking mess and has a sweetheart mortgage i do not care if you vote in a dogcatcher lets start sweeping the bums out of government
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We don't know if she intends to begin a Presidential cmpaign for 2012 now, if she intends to become a television commentator/personality, if she intends to become the Wasilla dogcatcher or if she simply intends to disappear from public view.
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Caught in the middle are Anthony, a kindhearted, lovesick dogcatcher, and the object of his affection: a female werewolf who has abandoned her pack.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 9TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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The simple fact is that ANY person who would let party directives trump their own good conscience does not deserve any public office greater than 'associate dogcatcher'.
'Party Loyalty Oath' would prevent Republicans from backing Crist 2010
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Caught in the middle are Anthony, a kindhearted, lovesick dogcatcher, and the object of his affection: a female werewolf who has abandoned her pack.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR MAY 9TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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I wouldn't vote for her for dogcatcher (moose-catcher?) but she's been the most entertaining character in politics that I've seen in years.
amacleod03 commented on the word dogcatcher
1. A synonym for or reference to the lowest possible and least respected elected office.
2 A policeman who eats in a restaurant without paying.
July 11, 2009