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☆ bird dog

  1. a dog trained for hunting birds, as a pointer
  2. Informal a person whose work is searching, as for missing persons
bird-dog definition

☆ bird·-dog (-dôg′)

transitive verb bird-dogged -·dogged′, bird-dogging -·dog′ging

Informal to search out diligently or pursue doggedly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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