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—used as a facetious spelling of dog in various sensesin the dawg house
hamburgers and dawgs with all the fixings
… the recent spat between Felicity's friend Elena … and her two-timin' dawg of a boyfriend …—
Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 1999
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slang
: man, buddy, dude
—used especially as a familiar form of addressIt'll make you a lot stronger, spendin' your summers harvestin' watermelons with crackheads at $20 a truckload, hiding your money from them at night. That was the highest-paying job I had before my $49 million one with the Colts, and it helped shape me, dawg.—Edgerrin James, ESPN, 4 Sept. 2000
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