tin dog

English

Etymology

From tin + dog.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tin dog (plural tin dogs)

  1. (Australia) A noise-making device, often constructed ad hoc from materials to hand, used by a farmer to get sheep or cattle moving.[1]
    • 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) Alternative form of tinned dog, a disparaging term for canned meat.
    • 1993, Don Munday, Tin Dog, Damper and Dust, autobiography.

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