Dog
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Dog
- A name given to a dog
- 1979, Allen Eyles, John Wayne
- He is about to break up a small lynching party down below, thinks better of it (muttering to his dog, called Dog, "No, sir, I ain't")
- 1979, Allen Eyles, John Wayne
- A nickname given to people, especially tough men
- 1994, Larry Woody, A Dixie Farewell: The Life and Death of Chucky Mullins
- Brewer, whose coaching nickname is "Dog," recognized that same stubborn, dogged determination in Mullins.
- 1994, Larry Woody, A Dixie Farewell: The Life and Death of Chucky Mullins
- The language supposedly spoken by dogs
- 2015, Harper Lin, Pawsitively Dead: A Wonder Cats Mystery
- I blinked. “I thought you were talking to Blake about a dog.”
- “Cath,” Jake said, “I'm trying to be more open about this. Didn't you just say that you could talk to animals?”
- The realization dawned on me. “I don't speak Dog very well, but it's worth a try.”
- 2015, Harper Lin, Pawsitively Dead: A Wonder Cats Mystery
- The eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
