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freight dog

freight dog
 n.— «Cargo pilots—”freight dogs” as they sometimes call themselves—and safety advocates say that is part of the problem: The companies won’t put safety ahead of the bottom line.» —“Newspaper investigation finds lax cargo plane safety” in Miami Mercury News (San Jose, California) July 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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