dogcatcher
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editdogcatcher (plural dogcatchers)
- A person whose job is to catch and remove stray dogs.
- Synonyms: animal control officer, dog warden
- 2007, Robert Ludlum, The Bancroft Strategy, page 348:
- Men like him couldn't get elected dogcatcher. He was a natural lieutenant, not a leader, and it was a fact he accepted with neither bitterness nor regret.
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editcatcher of stray dogs
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