| 词汇 | dog's age |
| 释义 | dog's age noun a very long time US, 1836a dog's ageAn exceptionally long period of time. It's been a dog's age since I worked one of these machines, but I'll give it a shot! dog's agesee under coon's age. a dog's ageA long time. An American slang term dating from about 1830, this expression doesn’t make a great deal of sense, since the average dog is not especially long-lived. It appeared in print in 1836: “That blamed line gale has kept me in bilboes such a dog’s age” (Knickerbocker magazine). |
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