hang-dog

hang-dog
hang-dog (adj.) also hangdog, 1670s, "befitting a hang-dog," a despicable, degraded fellow, so called either from notion of being fit only to hang a dog (Cf. cutthroat) or of being a low person (i.e. dog) fit only for hanging. As a noun from 1680s.

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