An owner describes their endearing habit of nosewrinkling, woo-woo-wooing, and kippering (walking on front legs, sliding rear like a seal).

1979, R. E. Meyer, Sesquiannual Report – April 1977-September 1978, Fossil Energy Division/DOE (DOE/W-7405-eng–26-1; cited in Surface Phenomena in Enhanced Oil Recovery (2013, →ISBN, page 718)

They had to close the mine down as it was in a dangerous condition.

I have not the vanity to think myself a poet; and I have a horror of seeing mere doggrel rhymes--such as the following-- Mighty toil I've borne for years thirty, I have revived Persia by this Pursi.