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Bow-wow   /baʊ-waʊ/   Listen
Bow-wow

noun
1.
The bark of a dog.
2.
Informal terms for dogs.  Synonyms: barker, doggie, doggy, pooch.






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"Bow-wow" Quotes from Famous Books



... barked Sampson, loud, clear, and sharp as an irritated watch-dog; but this one bow-wow vented, he was ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

... him a new one. Now form the procession and let us go in style," said Thorny, cheerily, as he swung Betty to his shoulder and marched away whistling "Hail! the conquering hero comes," while Ben and his Bow-wow followed arm-in-arm, and Bab brought up the rear, banging on a milk-pan ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 • Various

... the opinion of many competent Chinese, had been sincerely anxious for the welfare of his country; on the other hand, he had failed to learn anything from the lessons he had received at the hands of foreigners, towards whom his attitude to the last was of the bow-wow order. On one occasion, indeed, he borrowed a classical phrase, and referring to the intrusions of the barbarian, declared roundly that he would allow no man to snore alongside of his bed. Brought up in this spirit, Hsien Feng had already begun to exhibit an anti-foreign bias, when he found himself ...
— China and the Manchus • Herbert A. Giles



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