hound dog

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Noun

hound dog (plural hound dogs)

  1. (Southern US, dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound.
    • 1956, “Hound Dog”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (revised by Elvis Presley) (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley:
      You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
      Cryin' all the time.
      You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
      Cryin' all the time.
      Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
      And you ain't no friend of mine.
  2. (slang) A promiscuous man.

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