hound dog

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Noun

hound dog (plural hound dogs)

(Southern US, dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound.
1956, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (revised by Elvis Presley) (lyrics), “Hound Dog”, performed by Elvis Presley:
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine.
(slang) A promiscuous man.

Translations

any hound

Finnish: ajokoira (fi), metsästyskoira (fi)

promiscuous man

Finnish: pukki (fi), huoripukki (fi)

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