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dog-robber
noun- an officer’s assistant US, 1863
- I thought it might be stretching a point to bring the wife of the Secretary’s chief horse holder, dog robber, and gofer, but Weinberger insisted. — Colin L. Powell, My American Journey, p. 278, 1995
- “You know he’s no longer a dog-robber?” “No, I didn’t.” “Well he’s not. He was good at it, but he hated it.” — W.E.B. Griffin, Special Ops, p. 94, 2001
- a person assigned the most menial of tasks, especially the acquisition of difficult-to-acquire goods and services US
- Each marine hut or tent had its dog robber. Okinawans only a few months from Japanese occupation could work up a spit shine as if they had been born to it. — Earl Thompson, Tattoo, p. 293, 1974
- So Americans went to war with a will. They went as riflemen and machine-gunners, as cooks and dog-robbers, they went as motor-pool sergeants and as heavy equipment specialists who could reopoen a bombed harbor for the Allied invasion. — Press Enterprise (Riverside, California), p. A12, 11 November 1999
- Here it comes, he thought, proof I was a rear echelon dog robber. — Joseph Cody, Imitate the Tiger, p. 343, 2004
- in the film and television industries, a person whose job it is to find difficult-to-find goods for props US
- He is neither the biggest nor the best in his business, he tells you. There are dozens of other dog-robbers in town. Many have specialties. He’s partial to military garb and gear. — Los Angeles Times, p. 1 (Part 6), 18 February 2002
- during the Vietnam war, someone assigned to the rear area as seen by someone in combat US
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 64, 1991
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