1860 Wyandot Pioneer (Upper Sandusky, OH) 13 Sept. 2/3: We have made up our mind to stay with Warren P. Noble [...] ‘until the last dog is hung’.at until the last dog dies, phr.
1868 Wyandot Pioneer (Upper Sandusky, OH) 14 May 4/3: Bring things right down to brass tacks in all the affairs of this life and the millenium is not far away.at get down to brass tacks (v.) under brass tacks, n.