Junkyard Dog Meaning

Junkyard Dog is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) An animal or person with an especially nasty and combative demeanor.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Junkyard Dog

(idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) An animal or person with an especially nasty and combative demeanor.

Example : 1992, Janice Castro, "With Friends Like These ...," Time, 21 Sept.:  House minority whip . . . Gingrich has earned enmity in abundance for his junkyard-dog tactics.2004, Peter Maravelis, San Francisco Noir, ISBN 9781888451917, p. 50:  "I'm gonna hire me a lawyer," he said. "A real junkyard dog."A hot dog laden with toppings, such as onions, pineapples, or chili

Meaning of Junkyard Dog

Junkyard Dog is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Junkyard Dog stands for (idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) An animal or person with an especially nasty and combative demeanor.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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