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tin dog en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From tin + dog.

Meanings

1. (Australia) A noise-making device, often constructed ad hoc from materials to hand, used by a farmer to get sheep or cattle moving.
   • 2005 October 30, Bruce Simpson, interviewed on Landline, Australian Broadcasting Commission, transcript, I was with the cattle on my own at that stage, and to get them going, I inserted a few stones in the quart pot and used that as a tin dog. It got the cattle moving.
2. (Australia, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of tinned dog, a disparaging term for canned meat.
   alt of tinned dog
   • 1993, Don Munday, Tin Dog, Damper and Dust, autobiography.

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