"houndish" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English houndisch, equivalent to hound + -ish. Compare Dutch honds (“doglike”), German hündisch (“houndish; doglike”).",
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          "text": "This the \"free\" burgher of our Civilisation calls \"houndish fidelity,\" with a contemptuous accent on the \"hound.\"",
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          "ref": "1994, Jack Lovejoy, Outworld Cats",
          "text": "[...] houndish face was anything but memorable, yet Verna felt certain she had seen it somewhere before. \"Delfred! Delfred! Delfred! Woof! Woof! Woof!\" continued the chant outside the garden wall.",
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          "text": "Long strings of yellow dangled from Jorn's houndish snout, and his eyes were red.",
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          "text": "Lucrezia laughed, a houndish laugh, almost a baying.",
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        "Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hound; doggish; canine."
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