power dog
n.— «She had had some close calls before last week’s attack, and had seen pit bulls and other “power dogs,” as she calls them, roaming the neighborhood, chains jangling behind them.» —“Dog-attack victim hospitalized” by Paul C. Curtis Kauai Garden Island News (Lihu’e, Hawaii) Dec. 5, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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