"road dog" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Stephen J. Cannell, The Viking Funeral (Shane Scully; 2), Allen & Unwin",
          "text": "\"It's a big laydown, so a few of my old road dogs and me been bustin' moves and doin' doors on some serious assholes.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Roger Griffin, Transgressions: How One Man Survived Big Intercity Corruption, Xlibris, page 217",
          "text": "After she lied about the bullet going through the apartment to the police, I moved out and stayed with my road dog.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 February 26, Jorge Castillo, quoting Markieff Morris, “For Markieff Morris, trade to Wizards will bring some home cooking”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2023-01-21",
          "text": "And I think it'll be a great thing for me, being able to see my mom a lot. That's my road dog. We do a lot together. She's one of my best friends.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 7, Tyler Seggerman, quoting Dustin Muir, “Toledo teen sinks spot on Team USA to compete in World Junior Pool Championships”, in WTOL, archived from the original on 2023-01-22",
          "text": "Ben Kleinfelter and Zaiden Leary, they are my road dogs. It's a quick and fun way to be around your friends and make a little money on the side.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A trusted friend."
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        "(slang, African-American Vernacular) A trusted friend."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "road dawg"
        }
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        "slang"
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  "word": "road dog"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Stephen J. Cannell, The Viking Funeral (Shane Scully; 2), Allen & Unwin",
          "text": "\"It's a big laydown, so a few of my old road dogs and me been bustin' moves and doin' doors on some serious assholes.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Roger Griffin, Transgressions: How One Man Survived Big Intercity Corruption, Xlibris, page 217",
          "text": "After she lied about the bullet going through the apartment to the police, I moved out and stayed with my road dog.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 February 26, Jorge Castillo, quoting Markieff Morris, “For Markieff Morris, trade to Wizards will bring some home cooking”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2023-01-21",
          "text": "And I think it'll be a great thing for me, being able to see my mom a lot. That's my road dog. We do a lot together. She's one of my best friends.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2020 November 7, Tyler Seggerman, quoting Dustin Muir, “Toledo teen sinks spot on Team USA to compete in World Junior Pool Championships”, in WTOL, archived from the original on 2023-01-22",
          "text": "Ben Kleinfelter and Zaiden Leary, they are my road dogs. It's a quick and fun way to be around your friends and make a little money on the side.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A trusted friend."
      ],
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        "(slang, African-American Vernacular) A trusted friend."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "road dawg"
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  "word": "road dog"
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