dogmeat

noun

1

or less commonly dog's meat : meat for or fit only for dogs

sometimes : offal, carrion

2

a

: dog flesh used as food

b

: inferior table meat

broadly : something disliked

Word History

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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