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Definition of tinned dog in English English dictionary
- An unappetizing tinned meat (never literally dog)
- tin dog
- Contraction of tinned dog (any unappetizing tinned meat)
Tin Dog, Damper and Dust — title of autobiography by shearer Don Munday.
- tin dog
- Literally, a dog figurine or model made out of metal
- tin dog
- A noise-making device used by a farmer to get sheep or cattle moving. Almost any rough tin container with stones or containers within each other on a wire can be used. Some rattle-like devices are made commercially
2005: I was with the cattle on my own at that stage, and to get them going, I inserted a few stones in the quart pot and used that as a tin dog. It got the cattle moving. — stockman Bruce Simpson on the Australian Broadcasting Commission Landline program, 30 October 2005.