dogcatcher

dogcatcher
/dawg"kach'euhr, dog"-/, n.
a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
[1825-35, Amer.; DOG + CATCHER]

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