dogan Canadian slang.
(ˈdəʊgən)
Also dogun.
[Perh. f. Dogan, an Irish surname.]
An Irish Roman Catholic.
1854 Hamilton (Ontario) Gaz. 15 May 2/7, I would be overly liberal if I estimated their number as a couple of Dogans! 1933 ‘P. Slater’ Yellow Briar (1934) ii. 22 Many a time I got a smart clout on the lug and was told to take that for a dirty little dogan. |