dog n.4
(US) nothing; usu. in phr. never say dog, to stay silent.
![]() | in Tarheel Talk (1956) 154: At 8 the ladies retired & said not dog. | |
![]() | Green-Mountain Freeman (Montpelier, VT) 15 Aug. 4/1: Never say ‘dog’ to me [...] and I’ll treat you to a dinner! | |
![]() | DN I 376: Where’s that boy? He went off and never said dog. | |
![]() | ‘Speech Currents in “Egypt”’ in AS XVII:3 170: I never said dog to them about it. |