English Dictionary

dog robber

noun

(obsolete, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one who steals scraps of food. / (obsolete) A menial; a low-level servant.

The dog robber sneaked into the house and stole all the valuables.

意味（1）

(obsolete, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one who steals scraps of food.

Get out of my daylight, you dog-robber, or I'll walk the little horse around your neck like a three-ringed circus.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A menial; a low-level servant.

If they would hire me for a dog-robber (a low menial), I would do it for a dime a day,he muttered, just for the chance to hear them talk.

意味（3）

(military, slang) An officer's orderly or servant; a factotum; Someone whose job is to run errands for an officer.

He had detailed from his company a jovial Irish lad as orderly — the regular army name for the position is dog-robber.

意味（4）

(military, slang) One whose role is to acquire scarce goods, from military equipment to liquor or perfume, often staying barely within the letter of the law.

Trading enemy flags for weapons proved to be an effective way of fulfilling some of the requirements, but the dog robber was still using his talents to obtain the more difficult to find items.

意味（5）

(military, slang, in the plural) Civilian clothing; mufti.

My friend led the way, clad in his jodhpurs, on his trusty black stallion, and I followed, wearing 'dog-robbers' — both of us with haversacks containing our gear for a Spanish weekend.