Angel
Angel noun - An innocent or gentle person.
Hound
Hound noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.
Usage example: a no-good hound who got his girlfriend pregnant and then took off
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It's quite possible he wasn't a hound after all but a Maia (angel-like creature) in animal form — Tolkien doesn't seem to have made up his mind about this.
Source: Talking Animal - In the Astro City story "The Tarnished Angel," the heroic El Hombre crosses this when the girl he loves marries someone else and he discovers that he is actually a vain Glory Hound who needs the adulation of the public.
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Glory Hound: The Conquistador in Tarnished Angel, who is actually the disgraced superhero El Hombre, who misses being famous so much that he stages a supervillain attack so that he can stop it and become famous again.
Source: Comic Book / Astro City
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