tin dog

tin dog

dated slang A snowmobile. We hopped on our tin dogs and set out into the snowdrifts to search for the missing livestock.
See also: dog, tin
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tin dog

n. a snowmobile (in Alaska). Who’s out there riding the tin dog?
See also: dog, tin
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tin cow
  • tin god
  • (little) tin god
  • a tin god
  • little tin god
  • roof
  • put the tin hat on (something)
  • put the tin lid on (something)
  • put the tin lid on something
  • have a tin ear
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Raising funds this weekend
COMMUNITY STAGE: Shanade - 12noon; ASA - Talent School - 12.50pm; SixOne20's - 1.20pm; Floor Matters - Dance and hip-hop - 2pm; Tin Dog - 2.20pm; Elite - 2.55pm; Joe O'Donnell's Shkayla - 3.10pm; Elite - 3:50pm Forte Gospel Choir - 4.05pm; The Notables - 4.30pm;
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Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who requires only a prior familiarity with and interest in Doctor Who to prove compelling, and brings together an anthology of women writers and media professionals who consider the women, aliens, and more who have been the Doctor's companions and adversaries throughout his various incarnations and series episodes.
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