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noun tinned dog
- (slang) An unappetizing tinned meat (never literally dog).
- 1901: The storekeeper packed the case of tinned dog, etc., — w:Henry Lawson, Henry Lawson, The Ghosts Of Many Christmases story, reprinted in Children of the Bush http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7065
- 2006: the creek was on the track used by the traveling miners. They called their tinned beef "tinned dog" and were less then concerned about leaving piles of empty cans by the creek – hence the name Tin Dog Creek. — w:Shire of Dowerin, Shire of Dowerin Places to See http://www.dowerin.wa.gov.au/visitors/places_to_see.html
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