"dog-child" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "dog-child (plural dog-children)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A feral child who lives as a dog, outside human society."
      ],
      "id": "en-dog-child-en-noun-HM64xGWN",
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          "feral",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 December 15, “PICKY DOGS NEED YULE TREATS, TOO”, in The Charlotte Observer:",
          "text": "Remove the pan and slice cookies into bars or squares, depending on the mouth size of your dog-child.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March 13, “Best Irish Blessing Is An Irish Dog”, in Free Lance-Star:",
          "text": "Never tell my dog-child Vivien that she is not Irish. She says she is Irish and we believe her. Being well-mannered, nicely reared humans, we would never contradict her.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, The Latham letter, volumes 26-29, Latham Foundation:",
          "text": "By drawing parallels between child development and dog development, Ms. King allows us, the human parent, to better understand why our \"dog-children\" do what they do.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 May 21, “Pet parents and the dog children that bite them”, in Deseret News, alt Lake City, UT:",
          "text": "[…] more than ever, many of those conversations require me to interject for the sake of clarification: \"Wait, are you talking about your human child or your dog child?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 August 26, “Today is National Dog Day”, in Columbus Ledger-Enquirer:",
          "text": "To honor my dog-child, here's a little doggy profile. Feel free to fill it out about your four-legged kid in the comments!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dog, treated as if a child of the owner."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often humorous) A dog, treated as if a child of the owner."
      ],
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        "humorous",
        "often"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "dog-child"
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    "en:Dogs"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A feral child who lives as a dog, outside human society."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993 December 15, “PICKY DOGS NEED YULE TREATS, TOO”, in The Charlotte Observer:",
          "text": "Remove the pan and slice cookies into bars or squares, depending on the mouth size of your dog-child.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 March 13, “Best Irish Blessing Is An Irish Dog”, in Free Lance-Star:",
          "text": "Never tell my dog-child Vivien that she is not Irish. She says she is Irish and we believe her. Being well-mannered, nicely reared humans, we would never contradict her.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, The Latham letter, volumes 26-29, Latham Foundation:",
          "text": "By drawing parallels between child development and dog development, Ms. King allows us, the human parent, to better understand why our \"dog-children\" do what they do.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 May 21, “Pet parents and the dog children that bite them”, in Deseret News, alt Lake City, UT:",
          "text": "[…] more than ever, many of those conversations require me to interject for the sake of clarification: \"Wait, are you talking about your human child or your dog child?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 August 26, “Today is National Dog Day”, in Columbus Ledger-Enquirer:",
          "text": "To honor my dog-child, here's a little doggy profile. Feel free to fill it out about your four-legged kid in the comments!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dog, treated as if a child of the owner."
      ],
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        "(often humorous) A dog, treated as if a child of the owner."
      ],
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  "word": "dog-child"
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