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have a dog and bark oneself en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of buy a dog and bark oneself.
    • You either have a dog or you don't have a dog, but you don't have a dog and bark yourself! 2000, N. Deakin, R. Parry -, The Treasury and Social Policy, page 98:
    • I used to have a wife who did all the cooking. Why have a dog and bark yourself?” 2017, Patrice Lawrence, Indigo Donut:
    • "So when I go to speak to her, I take it you will be joining me," Jack said. "No, because I have a million and one bloody actions to supervise, plus the press to suck up to." He grinned. “Besides, why would I have a dog and bark myself ?” 2013, Susan Rae Glass, Claws and Robbers, page 28:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
has a dog and barks oneself Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
having a dog and barking oneself Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had a dog and barked oneself Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had a dog and barked oneself Tense=Past lexicographic