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dog's-meat, dog's meat
1. Food for dogs, prepared from horse-flesh or scraps of offal, etc., and sold by street dealers.
1593Nashe Strange News Ep. Ded. Wks. 1883–4 II. 180 We haue cattes meate and dogges meate inough for these mungrels. 1812P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 54 The horses are scarcely good enough for dog's meat.
2. transf. and fig. Carrion; offal. to make dog's-meat of: to kill and throw to the dogs.
1606Hieron Wks. I. 43 Paul did account all things but dogs-meat, for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Jesus. 1708S. Centlivre Busie Body v. iii, Rascals, retire; she's my Wife, touch her if you dare, I'll make Dogs-meat of you. 1837Marryat Dog-fiend ii. (L.), Better die at once, than be made dog's meat of in this here way.
3. attrib., as dog's-meat man, a seller of dog's-meat.
1837Dickens Pickw. xxii, ‘That's what I call a self-evident proposition, as the dog's-meat man said, when the house-maid told him he warn't a gentleman.’ |