antedating "dogie"

[Laurence Horn]

So it doesn't all go back to a "Tad" Dorgan cartoon of someone suggesting "Get a long little dogie" because he can't spell "dachshund"?

LH


On Jun 2, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> "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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