Meaning of tinned dog | Babel Free

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.”

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