# Are your dogs tired?

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**Created:** [March 2, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-dogs-tired/56497 "2001-03-02T14:32:57Z")\
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How did “dogs” come to be a slang for “feet?”

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-dogs-tired/56497/2 "2001-03-02T18:42:32Z")

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“Dog’s meat” is rhyming slang for “feet”, according to the _New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary_.