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  • noun Alternative spelling of hang dog.

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Examples

  • Reid met with the Democratic caucus this afternoon and hang-dog members trickled in, with the hangingest-dog member of them all, Joe Lieberman, emerging to pronounce Reid "pessimistic."

    HUFFPOST HILL - House Passes Meaningless CR Eliot Nelson 2011

  • What would I do if I got stuck there for a whole winter, dodging the hang-dog face of a fling gone terribly awry?

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • What would I do if I got stuck there for a whole winter, dodging the hang-dog face of a fling gone terribly awry?

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • He dipped his head in an exaggerated hang-dog expression.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • He dipped his head in an exaggerated hang-dog expression.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • He dipped his head in an exaggerated hang-dog expression.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Wrapped in the redemptive tale of an absentee father (Hugh Jackman) bonding with his son (Dakota Goyo) in order to rescue a hang-dog sparring robot from the junkyard and turn it into a populist sensation in the ring, the film features director Shawn Levy's assured way with top-level special effects, not the least being Jackman's formidable physique.

    Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Real Steel Dan Persons 2011

  • Wrapped in the redemptive tale of an absentee father (Hugh Jackman) bonding with his son (Dakota Goyo) in order to rescue a hang-dog sparring robot from the junkyard and turn it into a populist sensation in the ring, the film features director Shawn Levy's assured way with top-level special effects, not the least being Jackman's formidable physique.

    Dan Persons: Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Real Steel Dan Persons 2011

  • What would I do if I got stuck there for a whole winter, dodging the hang-dog face of a fling gone terribly awry?

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • What would I do if I got stuck there for a whole winter, dodging the hang-dog face of a fling gone terribly awry?

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

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