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 Dogs (a military term).Dogs. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dogs,
 
in Stock-Exchange phraseology, means Newfoundland Telegraph shares—that is, Newfoundland dogs. (See STOCK-EXCHANGE SLANG.)   1
 


 Dogs (a military term).Dogs. 

 
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