workdogとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From work +‎ dog.

名詞

work dog (複数形 work dogs)

1. A working dog; a dog breed created to perform specific tasks (e.g. herding).
   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “The Cousins’ Bobtails,”^[1]

     Wisps of straw stuck in the workdog’s coat, mud was on her feet, she reeked of cow.

   • 2012, Emma Gray, “Love me, love my dogs,” The Daily Mail, 13 April, 2012,^[2]

     Roy is my best work dog, a real powerhouse. He is very intelligent and I can trust him to do anything — whether it’s bringing in the big aggressive male sheep […] or gently catching a baby lamb who’s become separated from its mother.

   • 2013, Dan Nosowitz, “I Met the World’s Smartest Dog,” Popular Science, 26 August, 2013,^[3]

     Border collies are the only dogs I like. […] They are work dogs, not lap dogs.

   • 2015, Stephen Sumner, Phantom Pain: A Memoire: It’s All in Your Head:

     He's such a good dog. He's headstrong and incorrigible and relentless and I love him for it. He's half French Briard and half Maremmane, the South Tuscan sheepdog. So he's all workdog and smart as a whip.