dope dog

noun

A sniffer dog trained to find drugs.

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Meanings

noundope dog (plural dope dogs)

plural dope dogs

  1. A sniffer dog trained to find drugs.

    Often the hiding places are so obscure, only a dope dog will find the evidence. If your department has a dog, it is well worth using the dog for searches.

    1992, Gary J. Miller, Drugs and the Law: Detection, Recognition & Investigation
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    It heated and cooled everything on the ship from the admiral's cabin to the kennel for Duke, the dope dog, who was riding along to sniff out any caches of drugs.

    1988, George C. Wilson, Supercarrier: an inside account of life aboard the world's most powerful ship, the USS John F. Kennedy
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