variants
or fu dog
often capitalized F
: a mythical lion-dog used as a decorative motif in Far Eastern art
Examples of foo dog in a Sentence
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At a machine flanked by foo dogs, with graphics of phoenixes rising triumphant, yin yangs, golden frogs, and flying coins, my luck turned.
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
McCain’s jewelry and some of the decorative pieces, including four foo dog silver boxes for $500.
—Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2021
The flying lions that serve as handles are also called foo dogs and represent guardian lions, figures that originated in China.
—oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2020
The finishing touch: a giant ceramic foo dog, because sometimes fun is function enough!
—Eddie Ross, House Beautiful, 23 May 2019
Two enormous leonine foo dogs face each other across a bench on a terrace.
—Beth Dunlop, ELLE Decor, 8 Feb. 2010
Mooncakes are traditionally given most auspiciously during Mid-Autumn Festival but can be found in some Chinese bakeries year-round; and the foo dogs are actually mythical guardian lions.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
The Fortune Cookies Against Humanity are $18.88 each, and a foo dogs box with two cakes is $8.88.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
McCain’s jewelry and some of the decorative pieces, including four foo dog silver boxes for $500.
—Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2021
The flying lions that serve as handles are also called foo dogs and represent guardian lions, figures that originated in China.
—oregonlive, 3 Apr. 2020
The finishing touch: a giant ceramic foo dog, because sometimes fun is function enough!
—Eddie Ross, House Beautiful, 23 May 2019
Two enormous leonine foo dogs face each other across a bench on a terrace.
—Beth Dunlop, ELLE Decor, 8 Feb. 2010
Mooncakes are traditionally given most auspiciously during Mid-Autumn Festival but can be found in some Chinese bakeries year-round; and the foo dogs are actually mythical guardian lions.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
The Fortune Cookies Against Humanity are $18.88 each, and a foo dogs box with two cakes is $8.88.
—Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
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