doggery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A squalid tavern. countable,obsolete
    — There is an enemy of religion here, who […] keeps a public house, and also a "doggery." […] By his "doggery," he keeps around him a gang of ten or fifteen of the most abandoned persons, whom he employs as assistants in carrying out his nefarious schemes. When intoxicated, he is most abusive; […]
  2. Bestial or underhand behaviour. dated,uncountable
    — "There's a lot of 'doggery' about this business," my informant added musingly.
  3. Dogs generally; the realm or sphere of dogs. uncountable
    — […] we'd distinguish an "entelechial" dog, the "compleat" dog toward which all doggery variously aspires […]

词形变化

doggeries plural

词汇关系

相关词
hot doggery

词源

From dog + -ery.
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