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hauling dog
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a dog, as an Eskimo dog, used to pull a sled (def. 1), especially in the North. See 1577 quote at sled (def. 1).
Quotations
1871
. . . so does this perversion of the dog from his true use to that of a beast of burthen produce in endless variety traits of cunning and deception in the hauling-dog.
1933
In the middle of their load sat a mongrel hauling dog, his nose tied up tight with a babische thong.