doggy

plural doggies · alternative doggie

1. childishcountableendearingA dog, especially a small one.

   That's such a cute little doggy, Keira!

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   "Come on now, there's a good doggie!"

   1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 33

   Synonyms: pup, puppy, puppy dog, pooch, poochie

2. UKcountableinformalgovernmentA junior temporarily assigned to do minor duties for a senior; a gofer.

   The Torpedo Officer and I were on the lower bridge and we each had a doggy, a young midshipman […]

   2008, Iain Ballantyne, HMS Rodney: The Famous Ships of the Royal Navy Series

3. countablehistoricaluncountablebusinessSynonym of corporal.

   […] the "doggy" sometimes took a safety-lamp, and sometimes not, when he entered the mine in the morning; whether he did on the morning of the catastrophe was not apparent.

   1847, The Annual Register, page 175

   Synonyms: corporal

4. abbreviationellipsisuncountablelifestyleEllipsis of doggy style.

   Her favourite position is doggy.

1. not comparableslangDoggy style.

1. not comparableslangDoggy style.

comparative doggier · superlative doggiest

1. informalSuggestive of or in the manner of a dog.

   The house wore the startled doggy air of having been undeservedly rebuked. I knew the feeling.

   1993, John Banville, Ghosts

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   King Lune […] had just come from making a round of the kennels with his Huntsman and had only stopped for a moment to wash his doggy hands.

   1954, C. S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy

2. informalFond of dogs.

   I know that, without becoming maudlin as so many doggy people unfortunately do, he thought a great deal of his faithful little companion.

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London