Usage examples of "watch-dog".
Having stilled its immemorial allocution to the moon, the watch-dog was assisting a negro who, prefixing a team of mules to the plow, was flatting and sharping contentedly at his task.
We may remark here that Dick Varley had presented Fan to his mother to be her watch-dog, resolving to devote all his powers to the training of the pup.
In the valleys there would be homesteads, but homesteads meant vigilant owners and keen-scented watch-dogs.