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- proper noun Alternative form of
Dog Star .
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Examples
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He remarked that gin was forbidden, lauded the prohibition a while, and then went on to explain that he was a doctor, or 'dogstar' as he pronounced the word, that gin was necessary to him for his medical infusions, that he was quite out of it, and that he would be obliged to me for some in a bottle.
In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Current Music: crown me king- the coyote's howl (dogstar dub)(2 gunslingers | crown me king)
mordicai: crown me king! mordicai 2004
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Equally possible is that it was transmitted by aliens from the dogstar Sirius.
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Equally possible is that it was transmitted by aliens from the dogstar Sirius.
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The brightest star of all visible in our latitude is the dogstar, which gives four times as much light as any other.
Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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Here is a touch of our "heated term" when the dogstar is abroad and the weather runs mad.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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His countries were Tahl and Zal, and he and his tribe worshipped the great dogstar.
Antar : 1820
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The four factions soon acquired a legal establishment, and a mysterious origin, and their fanciful colors were derived from the various appearances of nature in the four seasons of the year; the red dogstar of summer, the snows of winter, the deep shades of autumn, and the cheerful verdure of the spring.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Often coming in the form of dreams or "dreamtime" eXperiences that - perchance - may awaken the latent Christs, Krishnas and Sleeping Buddhas in all of us - thunderbolts and lightning - very, very frightening - at first ... on the other side of a turbulent ocean - a calmer sea ... a new man - a new dogstar - a new heaven and earth ...
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Often coming in the form of dreams or "dreamtime" eXperiences that - perchance - may awaken the latent Christs, Krishnas and Sleeping Buddhas in all of us - thunderbolts and lightning - very, very frightening - at first ... on the other side of a turbulent ocean - a calmer sea ... a new man - a new dogstar - a new heaven and earth ...
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