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Synonyms for dingo

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ding-goh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪŋ goʊ

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Définition of dingo

Origin :
  • 1789, Native Australian name, from Dharruk (language formerly spoken in the area of Sydney) /din-go/ "tame dog," though the English used it to describe wild Australian dogs. Bushmen continue to call the animal by the Dharruk term /warrigal/ "wild dog."
  • As in prairie wolf : noun coyote
  • As in canine : noun dog
Example sentences :
  • So, then he of the tight coat and cocked-hat was a king—King “Dingo Bingo!”
  • Extract from : « Ran Away to Sea » by Mayne Reid
  • In that garden I also saw the wild Australian dog—the dingo.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • You only shot once at the dingo—there are two chambers empty in this revolver.
  • Extract from : « Queensland Cousins » by Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
  • Tall and strong, the boy was as alert and suspicious as a dingo.
  • Extract from : « Tropic Days » by E. J. Banfield
  • They do not bark, but have the long melancholy howl of the dingo or wild dog of Australia.
  • Extract from : « Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition. In Two Volumes. Volume 1. » by John MacGillivray
  • We felt proud of the occasion and grateful to General Dingo.
  • Extract from : « Roads of Destiny » by O. Henry
  • He's been in with the black trackers, and moves like a dingo.'
  • Extract from : « On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles » by Thomas Charles Bridges
  • I was sure that I should hit the dingo and prevent him coming again to visit our sheep; so I raised my gun to fire.
  • Extract from : « Peter Biddulph » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Say that again and I'll whistle up Dingo and run your hind legs off.
  • Extract from : « Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The dingo is not an importation; he was present in great force when the whites first came to the continent.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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