gutter dog
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Meaning · English
A person of low social rank.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
So the starving folk dreamed and dreamed and woke, and cried out curses on them that had waked them, saying, "Plague take the hands that pulled me back to this gutter dog's life !"
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “gutter dog” mean?
A person of low social rank.
Is “gutter dog” formal or informal?
gutter dog is generally derogatory, slang.