Usually means: Fiercely aggressive and tenacious defender.
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  1. junkyard-dog, junkyard dog: Wiktionary
  2. Junkyard Dog (disambiguation), Junkyard Dog (film), Junkyard Dog, Junkyard dog: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. junkyard dog: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (junkyard dog)

noun:  (literally) An aggressive dog which guards a scrapyard or junkyard.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) An animal or person with an especially nasty and combative demeanor.
noun:  A hot dog laden with toppings, such as onions, pineapple, or chili.

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