"pavement special" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pavement specials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pavement special (plural pavement specials)
  1. (slang) A dog of miscellaneous ancestry; a mutt. Tags: slang Synonyms: Heinz 57
    Sense id: en-pavement_special-en-noun-Q4L4FSJk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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