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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.
