dogs n.1
1. (US) the feet; occas. sing.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Indoor Sports 27 Nov. [synd. cartoon] Many’s the time I wisht I had my dogs under the mahogany at home instead of dealin’ em off the arm here. | |
| [song title] Got To Cool My Doggies Now. | |
| Babbitt (1974) 141: Shake the old dogs to the WROLLICKING WRENS. | |
| Georgie May 43: Come on, we’ll take a load off ouah doggies. | |
| Red Harvest (1965) 91: ‘Far away first. Just follow the road. [...] Keep your dog on it’. | |
| (con. 1920s) Judgement Day in Studs Lonigan (1936) 572: My dogs have had enough wear already. | |
| Never Come Morning (1988) 77: My dogs is killin’ me. | |
| Sweet Thursday (1955) 108: My dogs are tired! | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | ‘Same Again, Please’ in After the Wake (1981) 99: Don’t gimme that, mugsy, but before your dawgs goes into this bucket of nice fresh cee-ment, uh, uh . . . | |
| (con. WWII) And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 68: Ain’t nothing the matter with Bucket-head’s feet. His dogs ain’t half as bad as mine. | |
| Campus Sl. Apr. 1: boss dogs – big, pretty, smelly, or tired feet. | |
| Stand (1990) 803: Just put your tired old dogs up on a foot hassock. | |
| Muscle for the Wing 72: Give your dogs a rest, Detective. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. 26: dogs, dog’s meat feet. |
2. (mainly US) shoes.
| Paul Pry 26 Mar. 3/3: Paul Advises [...] Mr. C—s C—k, the fish-cad of High street, who sports his fancy dogs [...] and not think all the girls are in love with him. | |
![[WI]](/static/img/flags/wi.png "West Indies") | Negro Humour 51: Felt hat tilted over his eyes, white ‘dogs’ upon his feet. | |
| Indoor Sports 27 Oct. [synd. cartoon] (Watching the office tightwad buy a shine) He’s been workin on those old dogs for an hour now. | |
| ‘Hurry Kane’ in Coll. Short Stories (1941) 89: He’d lift one dog and hold it in the air a minute till he could locate a safe place to put it down. Then he’d do the same thing with the other. | |
| ‘Tight Shoes’ in Runyon on Broadway (1954) 465: Rupert Salsinger takes one look at Hymie’s dogs. | |
| Rebellion of Leo McGuire (1953) 9: ‘Want a shoe shine, Donny?’ And the fat boy said, ‘Sure, Papa. I guess my dogs could stand some dolling up.’. | |
| Pimp 222: The white-spatted dogs of a joker in the barber’s chair. | |
| Homeboy 268: They were gussied up to look like sensible townandcountry doggers. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | One Night Out Stealing 84: Them dogs’ll keep, Son. | |
| Other Side of the Wall: Prisoner’s Dict. July 🌐 Dogs: Shoes. Feet. |
3. (US black) gym shoes, trainers.
| et al. A2Z. |
In compounds
(US milit.) foot inspection.
| ‘Soldiers’ Talk’ in Tampa Trib. (FL) 21 July 5/4: dog show, foot inspection. |
(Aus.) leather leggings.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | W. Aus. Sun. Times (Perth) 23 Oct. 8/3: When a customer wants any [Limburger cheese] they put on stout leather leggings, dog-stiffeners, and taking down a Winchester rifle, shoot off the required portion which the purchaser removes from the premises at his own risk. | |
| Sun (Kalgoorlie) 11 Nov. 11/3: The doctor is invariably seen in public wearing dog-poisoners, and affects the air of the good old English Enquire accustomed to much hat-touching from the tenantry. | |
| Aus. Lang. 182: Leggings worn by outback travellers and workers are known as dog stiffeners or dog poisoners. |
In phrases
(US) to leave, to go away; esp. as excl. pedal your dogs!
| ‘Winter Kill’ in Goulart (1967) 120: Pedal your dogs, little man. |