antedating "dogie"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"An undernourished calf."

OED: 1886

1885 _Lemars [Ia.] Semi Weekly Sentinel_ (Jan. 16) 1: The fact of a few
late-driven and "dogie" cattle dying.

1885 _Austin Weekly Statesman_ (Apr. 23) 1: A large per centage of the
yearlings are "dogies," owing to a dry summer and a hard winter.


The January ex. seems to be based on news from Montana.

JL

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