Folk wisdom: "Treat 'em Rough !" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>   1970 George MacDonald Fraser _Royal Flash_ (Rpt. N.Y.:
> Plume, 1985) 156 : I don't mention this in a boastful way, or
> to suggest that with a chap like me it's just a matter of
> catch 'em young, treat 'em rough, roger 'em hard, and they
> eat out of my hand.
>

Unless the word "roger" above means "to copulate with", I don't see this
usage in the OED.
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