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Pronunciation: (hang'dôg", -dog"), [key]
—adj.
1. browbeaten; defeated; intimidated; abject: He always went about with a hangdog look.
2. shamefaced; guilty: He sneaked out of the room with a hangdog expression.
3. suitable to a degraded or contemptible person; sneaky; furtive.

—n.
Archaic.a degraded, contemptible person.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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