bottom dog

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bottom dog

noun bottom dogs

An underdog (someone at a disadvantage). There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member.
Opposite: top dog

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@misc{bottom_dog_2026,
  title = {bottom dog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bottom%20dog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}