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dog-child
noun 2
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2VERB + DOG-CHILD
size, tell
DOG-CHILD + NOUN
vivien
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noun
1
A feral child who lives as a dog, outside human society.
2
A dog, treated as if a child of the owner.
Remove the pan and slice cookies into bars or squares, depending on the mouth size of your dog-child.
Never tell my dog-child Vivien that she is not Irish. She says she is Irish and we believe her. Being well-mannered, nicely reared humans, we would never contradict her.
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Remove the pan and slice cookies into bars or squares, depending on the mouth size of your dog-child.
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Never tell my dog-child Vivien that she is not Irish. She says she is Irish and we believe her. Being well-mannered, nicely reared humans, we would never contradict her.
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By drawing parallels between child development and dog development, Ms. King allows us, the human parent, to better understand why our "dog-children" do what they do.
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