dope dog

English

Noun

dope dog (plural dope dogs)

1. A sniffer dog trained to find drugs.
   • 1992, Gary J. Miller, Drugs and the Law: Detection, Recognition & Investigation:

     Often the hiding places are so obscure, only a dope dog will find the evidence. If your department has a dog, it is well worth using the dog for searches.

   • 1988, George C. Wilson, Supercarrier: an inside account of life aboard the world's most powerful ship, the USS John F. Kennedy:

     It heated and cooled everything on the ship from the admiral's cabin to the kennel for Duke, the dope dog, who was riding along to sniff out any caches of drugs.