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Definition of dogtrot
1 : a quick easy gait suggesting that of a dog
2 chiefly Southern US and Midland US : a roofed passage similar to a breezeway; especially : one connecting two parts of a cabin
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The Biggses lived in a big old rambly house with rooms on both sides of a long dogtrot hallway and a deep, shady porch on the front.
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A dogtrot-style structure with two sections separated by a large, central breezeway, it was inspired by 19th-century Texas pioneer cabin design.
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First Known Use of dogtrot
15th century
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dogtrot
verb
dog·trot
Definition of dogtrot
intransitive verb
: to move or progress at a dogtrot
First Known Use of dogtrot
circa 1900
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