English Dictionary

tin dog

名詞

オーストラリア英語 別表記 異形

(Australia) A noise-making device, often constructed ad hoc from materials to hand, used by a farmer to get sheep or cattle moving.

日本語の意味

(オーストラリア) 農家が羊や牛を動かすために使用する、手元にある材料で即席に作られる騒音を発生させる装置

At dawn the old shearer shook his tin dog to send the sheep skittering toward the yards.

夜明け、年老いた羊の毛刈り職人は羊を柵に追い込むためにブリキ製の即席の鳴り物を振った。

意味（1）

(Australia) A noise-making device, often constructed ad hoc from materials to hand, used by a farmer to get sheep or cattle moving.

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.

意味（2）

(Australia) Alternative form of tinned dog, a disparaging term for canned meat.

1993, Don Munday, Tin Dog, Damper and Dust, autobiography.

tin dogs （ plural ）