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BOTTOM DOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bottom dog mean?
• BOTTOM DOG (noun)
The noun BOTTOM DOG has 1 sense:
1. a person of low status
Familiarity information: BOTTOM DOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person of low status
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bottom dog" is a kind of...):
foot soldier; subordinate; subsidiary; underling (an assistant subject to the authority or control of another)
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