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Definition of Doggess
1. a bitch [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doggess
Literary usage of Doggess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Etruscan Bologna: A Study by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1876)
"This is going deep for a proverbial saying which lies on the surface. We might
as well refer ' son of a doggess' to the offspring of Hecuba. ..."
2. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ...by Francis Grose by Francis Grose (1823)
"Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed
the remaining dogs with their flesh. . • s . DOGGED. Surly. doggess, DOG'S ..."
3. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose by Francis Grose (1796)
"doggess, DOG'S WIFE or LADY, PUPPY'S MAMMA. Joca- lar ways of calling a woman a
bitch. DOLL. Bartholomew doll; a tawdry, over-dreft woman, like one of the ..."
4. To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative by Richard Francis Burton, Verney Lovett Cameron (1883)
"A dog with all the manners of a doggess, he eventually found a happy home in the
fort, Axim. The second, a bastard Newfoundland with a dash of the ..."
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