dogcatcher
noun
dog·catch·er
ˈdȯg-ˌka-chər 
-ˌke-
: a community official assigned to catch and dispose of stray dogs
Examples of dogcatcher in a Sentence
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In addition to working horses, the authors focus on the cattle and pigs being slaughtered in the Chicago stockyards, the elephants touring the country with P.T. Barnum’s circus, and the city dogs swept up daily by dogcatchers and taken to the pound.
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Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
There was a sign outside the sheriff’s office, warning Black people — using a racial slur — that they had better not be caught by the dogcatcher in Forsyth County after dark.
—New York Times, 19 May 2022
Beto O’Rourke loses election for dogcatcher, but his rousing concession speech vaults him to the lead in Democratic presidential primaries.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
However, the Spenard PUD did not take action until 1958, finally creating a dogcatcher position.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2020
But now, with those radical views, Democrats wouldn’t elect him dogcatcher.
—John Kass, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2019
In our two-party system, the surest way to accomplish these things is to support the other party, in every race from president to dogcatcher.
—Jeet Heer, New Republic, 8 Feb. 2018
But a loss like the one Republicans suffered in Alabama will have everyone from the President to ambitious GOP dogcatchers tapping at the brakes.
—Gregory Krieg, CNN, 13 Dec. 2017
Their adherents couldn’t swing a race for dogcatcher.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
There was a sign outside the sheriff’s office, warning Black people — using a racial slur — that they had better not be caught by the dogcatcher in Forsyth County after dark.
—New York Times, 19 May 2022
Beto O’Rourke loses election for dogcatcher, but his rousing concession speech vaults him to the lead in Democratic presidential primaries.
—Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2020
However, the Spenard PUD did not take action until 1958, finally creating a dogcatcher position.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2020
But now, with those radical views, Democrats wouldn’t elect him dogcatcher.
—John Kass, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2019
In our two-party system, the surest way to accomplish these things is to support the other party, in every race from president to dogcatcher.
—Jeet Heer, New Republic, 8 Feb. 2018
But a loss like the one Republicans suffered in Alabama will have everyone from the President to ambitious GOP dogcatchers tapping at the brakes.
—Gregory Krieg, CNN, 13 Dec. 2017
Their adherents couldn’t swing a race for dogcatcher.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2017
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“Dogcatcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogcatcher. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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