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DOG'S BREAKFAST

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dog's breakfast mean?

• DOG'S BREAKFAST (noun)
The noun DOG'S BREAKFAST has 1 sense:

1. a poor job; a mess

Familiarity information: DOG'S BREAKFAST used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DOG'S BREAKFAST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A poor job; a mess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dog's breakfast; dog's dinner

Context example:

they made a real dog's breakfast of that job

Hypernyms ("dog's breakfast" is a kind of...):

fix; hole; jam; kettle of fish; mess; muddle; pickle (informal terms for a difficult situation)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

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