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working dog
noun
:a dog suitable by size, breeding, or training for useful work (such as draft or herding) especially as distinguished from one suitable primarily for pet, show, or sporting use
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Recent Examples on the WebThis happens if a dog doesn’t make it through training to become aworking dog or when the dog retires.—
Cody Godwin,USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026Owner Linda Newman lives off the grid with her huskies, which are descended from a line of traditional Alaskanworking dogs.—Julia Sayers Gokhale,Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026Theseworking dogs would have been prominent in the animals left behind when the area was evacuated.—New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025The Great Pyrenees is a large, thickly-coated, and immensely powerfulworking dog originally bred to guard livestock on the snowy peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain.—Lydia Patrick,MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025See All Example Sentences forworking dog
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Cody Godwin,USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026Owner Linda Newman lives off the grid with her huskies, which are descended from a line of traditional Alaskanworking dogs.—Julia Sayers Gokhale,Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026Theseworking dogs would have been prominent in the animals left behind when the area was evacuated.—New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025The Great Pyrenees is a large, thickly-coated, and immensely powerfulworking dog originally bred to guard livestock on the snowy peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain.—Lydia Patrick,MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025See All Example Sentences forworking dogWord History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning definedabove
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“Working dog.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20dog. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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