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noun (plural: dog years)
- (informal) A period of time in the life of dogs, defined such that the average life expectancy of a dog in "dog years" is numerically equivalent to the average life expectancy of a human. A 4- and a 5-year-old dog are about as mature as a human of 28 to 30 years and 33 to 35 years, respectively.
- 2004 June 15, Robert Hurwitt, "Giddy spiral down the Amazon.com workers' inferno", San Francisco Chronicle
- :90 minutes of almost nonstop hilarity is a good entertainment value. Especially if you're counting in dog years.
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