tin dog

== English == === Etymology === From tin + dog. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tin dog (plural tin dogs) (Australia) A noise-making device, often constructed ad hoc from materials to hand, used by a farmer to get sheep or cattle moving. 2005 October 30, Bruce Simpson, interviewed on Landline, Australian Broadcasting Commission, transcript, I was with the cattle on my own at that stage, and to get them going, I inserted a few stones in the quart pot and used that as a tin dog. It got the cattle moving. (Australia) Alternative form of tinned dog, a disparaging term for canned meat. 1993, Don Munday, Tin Dog, Damper and Dust, autobiography. === References === === Anagrams === doting, tin god