Definition of "kangaroo-dog" [kangaroo-dog]

• Same as kangaroo-hound. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Among other presents I received a fine and valuable kangaroo-dog from my friend, Captain Sturt, and which had fortunately arrived safely, and in excellent condition."
• "He was of the breed known as the kangaroo-dog, was exceedingly stanch and valuable, and the means of obtaining a vast deal of game."
• "A fox-hound or a kangaroo-dog is always of the same opinion as Mr. Jorrocks: -- "All time is wasted what isn't spent in 'untin'.""