butcher's dog

robertcraig | 14:42 Thu 13th Apr 2006 | Animals & Nature

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where does the expression as fit as a bucher's dog come from

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Err... is it not obvious? A butcher's dog would be fed on scraps of meat, and being carnivorous animals, this would be a good diet.

Not to be confused with the saying "as stick-thin and waif-like as the organic greengrocer and healthfood purveyor's dog".

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