Usually means: Hoarding resources without using them.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word dog in the manger:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. dog in the manger: Merriam-Webster
  2. dog in the manger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dog in the manger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dog-in-the-manger, dog-in-the-manger, dog in the manger: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dog in the manger: Vocabulary.com
  6. dog in the manger: Wiktionary
  7. dog in the manger: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. dog-in-the-manger, dog in the manger: Dictionary.com
  9. The Dog in the Manger (disambiguation), The Dog in the Manger (play), The Dog in the Manger, The dog in the manger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. dog in the manger: Rhymezone
  11. dog in the manger: FreeDictionary.org
  12. dog in the manger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Dog in the Manger: The Word Detective
  14. dog-in-the-manger, dog in the manger: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Dog in the manger: World Wide Words

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. dog-in-the-manger: Legal dictionary
  2. dog-in-the-manger: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dog-in-the-manger: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dog-in-the-manger: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dog-in-the-manger: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dog in the Manger: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See dog_in_the_mangers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dog in the manger)

noun:  (idiomatic) Someone who denies to others something that he or she cannot use.

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