three-dog night-with antedating(1932)
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jul 25 19:07:49 UTC 2014
At 7/25/2014 09:34 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>The practice, if not the English phrase must go back to the earliest days
>of canine domestication. I guess the dogs call it the same thing.
I'm wondering if "<n>-dog might" can be found in writings about the
early Antarctic exploration -- 1900s and 1910s.
Joel
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