house dog

English

Etymology

From house +‎ dog.

Noun

house dog (plural house dogs)

A dog used to protect a house, a watchdog; (later also) a dog kept as a pet. [from 16th c.]
Synonym: watchdog
- 1727, James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
  The house-dog, with the vacant greyhound, lies, / Out-stretch'd, and sleepy.

Anagrams

dog house, doghouse, housegod

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