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 Dog-fall (in wrestling),Dog-head (in machinery). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dog-grass (triticum repens).
 
Grass eaten by dogs when they have lost their appetite; it acts as an emetic and purgative.   1
 


 Dog-fall (in wrestling),Dog-head (in machinery). 

 
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