† shock-dog Obs.
[f. shock n.4]
= shock n.4
| 1673 Shadwell Epsom Wells i. 9 We [women] are already so pester'd with gay Fools, that have no more sense than our Shock-dogs. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1782) IV. Advert. 13 Her shock dog, large as life, and only not alive, has a looseness and softness in the curls that seemed impossible to terra-cotta. 1845 Youatt Dog iv. 104 The Shock-dog is traced by Buffon, but somewhat erroneously, to a mixture of the small Danish dog and the pug. |