noun
Slang- A male friend or acquaintance; a fellow.
- Used to address a man or boy: What's up, dawg?
Origin of dawg
Originally African American Vernacular Englishvariant of dogdawg
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"dawg." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 22 February 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/dawg>.
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dawg. (n.d.). Retrieved February 22nd, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/dawg
