dingo
Americannoun
plural
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a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
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Australian. a cowardly or treacherous person.
noun
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a wild dog, Canis dingo, of Australia, having a yellowish-brown coat and resembling a wolf
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slang a cheat or coward
verb
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to act in a cowardly manner
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to drop out of something
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(foll by on) to let (someone) down
Etymology
Origin of dingo
First recorded in 1789, dingo is from the Dharuk word din-gu tame dingo
Example Sentences
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Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.
From Barron's
A Canadian backpacker, who was found dead on an Australian beach and surrounded by a pack of dingoes earlier this week, likely died of drowning, an autopsy has found.
From BBC
Altadena was where people raised chickens before it was trendy, where no one batted an eye at the neighbors with a pet dingo, or thought much about the so-called haunted road said to defy gravity.
From Los Angeles Times
They’re threatened by conflict with humans, dogs and dingoes and a disease called Devil Facial Tumor Disease that only affects the species.
From Los Angeles Times
She was falsely convicted of murder after her infant daughter Azaria was taken from an outback campsite by a dingo.
From BBC
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