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A small predator you feed, house, and forgive for everything, voluntarily.
means An animal kept for companionship rather than food, labor, or any defensible economic reason.
from Likely from 16th-century Scots and northern English, originally meaning an indulged lamb or a spoiled, hand-reared child.
Double meaningSame word means cherished creature and sulking fit.
Ancient habitHumans buried dogs beside them 14,000 years ago.
Cost blindnessOwners spend lavishly while claiming free love.