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Cerberus [sir-ber-uss] Noun Greek myth a three-headed dog who guarded the entrance to Hades
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The porter in his lodge answers exactly to Cerberus in his den, and, like him, must be appeased by a sop before access can be gained to his master. And the anaemic Cerberus sized me up with so insolent an eye that I reached over and took him out of his chair. And while the three-headed Cerberus was fawning so lovingly on King Pluto, there was the dragon tail wagging against its will, and looking as cross and ill-natured as you can imagine, on its own separate account. |
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Cerberus - (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon
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