English Explanatory Dictionary

like strange bulldogs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Wary and unfriendly; on the verge of a fight.

Word forms

like strange bulldogs

Etymology

strange is used with the sense of unfamiliar, unacquainted.

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