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 Dog-rose.Dog-sleep (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dog-sick.
 
Sick as a dog. We also say “Sick as a cat.” The Bible speaks of dogs “returning to their vomit again” (Prov. xxvi. 11; 2 Pet. ii. 22).   1
 


 Dog-rose.Dog-sleep (A). 

 
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