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 Dog-whipper (A).Dogs (a military term). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dog-whipping Day.
 
October 18th (St. Luke’s Day). It is said that a dog once swallowed the consecrated wafer in York Minster on this day.   1
 


 Dog-whipper (A).Dogs (a military term). 

 
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