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BLACK DOG

Specialty Definition: BLACK DOG

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Literature

Black Dog A fiend still dreaded in many country places. (See Dog. )
Black Dog. Base silver coin in the reign of Anne. Made of pewter double washed. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Usage: BLACK DOG

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Song Titles

Sheep-Crook and Black Dog (performing artist: Steeleye Span)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BLACK DOG

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Books

  • LA Boheme (The Black Dog Opera Library) (reference)

  • Barber of Seville (The Black Dog Opera Library) (reference)

  • The Little Black Dog Buccaneer (reference)

  • The Flying Dutchman (The Black Dog Opera Library) (reference)

  • Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: BLACK DOG

Photos:
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Photo Album: BLACK DOG

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Immigrant Flats, Baker City RA. Black dog and cattle. Credit: John Craig.

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Use in Literature: BLACK DOG

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Was it true about the black dog that walked there at night with eyes as big as carriagelamps?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BLACK DOG

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

black dog

314

black dog pub

6

black dog marthas vineyard

32

black dog film

6

black dog lyrics

29

black dog record

6

black dog prairie tailed

23

big black dog

6

black dog name

22

black dog soundtrack

6

black dog food gold

22

black dog picture white

6

the black dog tavern

20

black dog puzzles.com search word

6

black dog led lyrics zeppelin

18

black dog white wolf

5

black dog tab

16

black dog marthas vinyard

5

black dog led zeppelin

16

black dog picture

5

black dog tongue

13

black dog in man

5

black dog movie

12

black dog spot tongue

5

black dog ale

10

black dog kid

5

black dog cafe

10

small black dog

5

black dog game

9

black dog inn

4

black dog fate

8

black dog photo white

4

black dog led zepplin

8

4 black dog fun game july

4

black dog yoga

7

black dog led lyrics zepplin

4

black dog restaurant

7

black dog little

4

black dog tan

7

black dog guitar tab

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: BLACK DOG

Language Translations for "BLACK DOG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

цупене (pet, pout, sulks, tiff), мрачно настроение (dumps, gloom, sullens). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackblay ogday

   

Russian 

  

уныние (blue devils, damp, dejection, depression, despondency, discouragement, doldrums, dumps, gloom, low spirits, megrims, melancholy, sadness), тоска зеленая, дурное настроение (doldrums, grouch). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kötü huy. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự giận dỗi (pique). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BLACK DOG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-g-k-l-o"

-1 letter: backlog, daglock.

-3 letters: acold, black, block, cloak, dobla.

-4 letters: back, bald, balk, bloc, bock, bola, bold, calk, calo, clad, clag, clod, clog, coal, coda, cola, cold, dago, dock, gaol, glad, glob, goad, goal, gold, kola, lack, load, loca, lock.

-5 letters: abo, ado, ago, alb, bad, bag, bal, boa, bod, bog, cab, cad, cob, cod.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-d-g-k-l-o"
 

+2 letters: backlogged, blockading.

 

+4 letters: roadblocking.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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