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doghouse
noun- in trucking, the engine covering in the driving compartment US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 46, 1971
- a brakevan (caboose), or the observation tower of a brakevan US, 1897
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 262, 1946
- the front fender, bonnet and grille of a car US, 1934
- — John Edwards, Auto Dictionary, p. 45, 1993
- a small tool shed US, 1918
- — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 46, 1954
▶ in the doghouse
ostracised; in disfavour US, 1926
Alluding to an outside kennel. Commonly used of a man being ostracised by his wife for some misdemeanour.- My wife watches T.D.T. every night and if she sees this, I’ll be in the “dog-house” for a month. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 123, 1979
- — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 35, 1985
- Former Sunderland striker Danny Dichio, still on the transfer list and in the dog house[.] — The Guardian, 22 December 2002
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