Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Mad as a mad dog; utterly demented.
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Examples
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It had been a public relations disaster for the Saabs, compounded by the fact that the fifteen-year-old in question was a dog-mad, fox-loving member of the RSPCA who regularly petitioned the local hunt to switch to the drag method.
Dead Famous Elton, Ben 2001
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Swift (1667-1745), in "The Tale of a Tub," has this passage: "He was troubled with a disease, reversed to that called the stinging of the tarantula, and would run dog-mad at the noise of music, especially a pair of bag-pipes."
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence
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He was troubled with a disease the reverse to that called the stinging of the tarantula, and would run dog-mad at the noise of music, especially a pair of bagpipes {148a}.
A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706
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Not that the 150 volunteers and paid staff who run Battersea every day are any less dog-mad.
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