| 单词 | dog tucker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog tucker dog tucker n. Australian and New Zealand dog food, spec. (in early use) mutton used as food for working dogs, or an unsaleable sheep fit only for this; also figurative (cf. dog's meat n. 2). ΚΠ 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 7 Oct. 15/7 Dog Tucker. In the old days when Merino sheep were worth even less than they are now, it was the custom to throw in a few to the drover on delivery to make up for losses on the road. They were called dog tucker. E.g., ‘I'll throw ten in for your dogs.’ 1965 Weekly News (Auckland) 10 Feb. 39/4 The pup's master had thrown him a small piece of mutton, cut from the dog tucker hanging in a tree. 1988 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 21 Aug. Bill Ord argues for conservation, culling and cuisine. We should be eating and wearing kangaroos, not turning them into dog tucker. 2008 N.Z. Herald 23 July The champion coach would be dog tucker at the merest hint he saw his new job as a chance to right a personal wrong. < as lemmas |
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