HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of tinned dog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Canned meat.

Australia, derogatory, humorous, slang, uncountable

Examples

“The storekeeper packed the case of tinned dog, etc., but by some blunder he or his man put the label on the wrong box, and it went per rail, per coach, per camel, and the last stage per boot, and reached my friends' camp on Christmas Eve, to their great joy.”
““How ′bout some tinned dog and a bit of damper, mate?” Bob offered Hank. “You gonna be peckish by the time we stop tonight.””
“After we had eaten our customary evening meal of tinned dog, potatoes and onions, six of us — three members of the permanent way gang, the publican′s son, my timekeeper and I — would cook the crayfish and devour the 30 at one sittng.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See tinned dog used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course