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dogged

/ˈdɔɡɪd/ adverb C2
  1. very (dated, slang)
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Looking through the window I could see her walking feebly along the other side, while her pursuer dogged her some little distance behind.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 51 · B2
You admit that you have dogged me.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 37 · B2
There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle which followed.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 96 · C1
I have ample evidence that you are being dogged in London, and amid the millions of this great city it is difficult to discover who these people are or what their object can be.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 52 · C1

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