| 单词 | dog cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog cake (b) With sense ‘serving as food for dogs’, as dog bran, dog cake, †dog-crust, etc. See also dog biscuit n., dog meat n. ΚΠ 1520 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 333 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Item for halfe a quarter of branne for doge bred. a1585 a1585 Polwart Flyt. (T) 214 Ȝour bankettis of sick vilitie, Deir of the dog brane [v.r. dog-bran] of the Mers. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 67 Thou maist..gnaw dog-crusts [L. et sordes farris mordere canini]. 1873 Times 17 Oct. 1 Fibrine dog cakes.—It has come to the knowledge of the Proprietors that spurious..biscuits are being sold..as Spratt's Patent Cak[e]s. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling ii. i. 33 None o' your sharps nor dog-bran, but real Earl's barley-meal. 1958 Times 13 June 18 A new cannery..which produces dog biscuits, dog meal, etc. 1991 Dogs Today Mar. 47/1 A dog show [sc. Crufts]..originally held to promote ‘dog cakes’. < as lemmas |
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