pi-dog

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pi-dog noun

1. a variant spelling of pye-dog

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pye-dog  (pī′dôg′, -dog′), n. 

1. Dog and Cat Breeds, British Empire an ownerless half-wild dog of uncertain breeding, common in the villages and towns of India and other countries in east and south Asia.

• Hindi pāhī outsider
• pye said to be 1860–65

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pye-dog, pie-dog, pi-dog noun

1. an ownerless half-wild Asian dog

Etymology: 19th Century: Anglo-Indian pye, paë, from Hindi pāhī outsider