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bird dog
noun- a scout US, 1929
- The boys had instructed their courtroom bird dogs to call that number as soon as the verdict was in. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 205, 1956
- — R. Frederick West, God’s Gambler, p. 223, 1964
- I had a bird dog in almost every “action” room who would tip me off for small change. — Robert Byrne, McGoorty, pp. 25–26, 1972
- Art says Mansell used him as a bird dog. Mr. Sweety would go in a dope house–very friendly type of guy–sit around and chat a while, pass out some angel dusty, tell a few jokes–that’s the way they worked. Get ’em laid back on the dusty, then Clement comes in and takes ’em off easy... — Elmore Leonard, City Primeval, p. 100, 1980
- in professional sports, a talent scout or a scout’s associates who let him know about players who may be prospects for professional play US, 1950
- — Richard Scholl, Running Press Glossary of Baseball Language, p. 16, 1977
- — Bill Shefski, Running Press Glossary of Football Language, p. 15, 1978
- Paul’s scouts also found Vada Pinson, Jim Maloney, Tony Perez and–after much cajoling from Buddy Bloebaum, a bird-dog scout who was the kid’s uncle–Pete Rose. — Cincinnati Enquirer, p. 4D, 28 October 2003
- a person who provides information about potential victims to a thief or group of thieves US
- — Robert C. Prus and C.R.D. Sharper, Road Hustler, p. 169, 1977
- a navigational device in planes that points in the direction of a radio signal US
- — American Speech, p. 227, October 1956: “More united states air force slang”
- — American Speech, p. 118, May 1963: “Air refueling words”
- a person who solicits players for gambling, whether in a casino or a private poker game US, 1949
- — Thomas L. Clark, The Dictionary of Gambling and Gaming, p. 19, 1987
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 10, 1988
- in the used car business, either a customer who has been referred to a salesman or the person doing the referring US
- — Peter Mann, How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Gypped, p. 188, 1975
- in a two-car police speed-monitoring unit, the car that chases down speeding cars or trucks based on radar readings in the second car US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 13, 1971
- a Cessna observation aircraft US, 1992
- Now Charlie didn’t like the sound of that birddog / And the bullets began to fly. — Joseph Tuso, Singing the Vietnam Blues, p. 142, 1990: Old 97, the O-IE
- Their sister squadron, VMO-2, had light, fixed-wing Cessna observation aircraft, “Bird Dogs,” for forward air control (FAC) and for controlling attack bombers[.] — Bob Stoffey, Cleared Hot!, p. 8, 1992
- The Navy jet jockeys loved to poke fun of Air Force forward air controllers in single engine bird dogs, which flew low and very slow. — Paul Morgan, The Parrot’s Beak, p. 19, 2000
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