dope dog

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dope dog (plural dope dogs)

  1. A sniffer dog trained to find drugs.
    • 1992, Gary J. Miller, Drugs and the Law: Detection, Recognition & Investigation:
      Often the hiding places are so obscure, only a dope dog will find the evidence. If your department has a dog, it is well worth using the dog for searches.
    • 1988, George C. Wilson, Supercarrier: an inside account of life aboard the world's most powerful ship, the USS John F. Kennedy:
      It heated and cooled everything on the ship from the admiral's cabin to the kennel for Duke, the dope dog, who was riding along to sniff out any caches of drugs.
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