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red dog
1. U.S. A banknote formerly in circulation (also red dog money).
1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. 357 Red Dog Money, a term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank-notes which have on their back a large red stamp. 1859Ibid. 357 The community stigmatized them..as red dogs.
2. A low grade of flour.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1931Hearings U.S. Congress House Comm. Ways & Means 131 That would probably include ‘red dog’ flour, which is a very low grade flour which is considered feed. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 14 Feb. 14/1 ‘Red dog’ is fine bran particles and small quantities of wheat flour.
3. Either of two card games (see quot. 1934).
1930Sun (Baltimore) 18 Aug. 6/1 Playing red dog for money. 1934Webster, Red dog... 3. a. A game in which players hold each five cards and bet, for a pool, that they hold a higher card in the same suit than the top card of the stock. b. A variety of stud poker played with seven cards, the first two and the last one being dealt face down, in which all buried red cards are wild. 1935Encycl. Sports 400/1 Red dog. This is a card game for any number of players from three to eight. 1938J. D. Carr Crooked Hinge xxi. 290 It was, in the terms of an American pastime called Red Dog, ‘high, low, jack, and the goddam game’. 1945A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player 47 (heading) Red Dog (Also known as high-card pool). Ibid. 48 Six-Spot Red Dog... In this variant of red dog each player receives 3 cards. 1974Hoyle's Mod. Encycl. Card Games 289 Despite its simplicity, red dog can build up to high stakes.
4. A manœuvre in American football, in which an opponent rushes the player who is passing the ball. Also as v. trans., to rush (a player) in this way.
1959Washington Post 17 Nov. c1/3 A variety of defenses which stress red-dogging the passer. 1959Time 30 Nov. 56/2 Huff is at his rugged best when he knifes through the line and ‘red-dogs’ a quarterback as he fades to pass. The crash of Huff's tackle can stir the Giant bench to bellowing glee. 1966Rote & Winter Lang. Pro Football iii. 132 Red dog,..surprise defensive maneuver where one or more linebackers..charge across line of scrimmage after ball carrier. |