hound dog

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Noun

hound dog (plural hound dogs)

(Southern US, dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound.
- 1956, “Hound Dog”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (revised by Elvis Presley) (lyrics), 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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