DCHP-3

dogie †

[< dough-guts, with reference to a bloated belly resulting from poor feeding]
West
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a range-herd calf that has lost its mother. Also dogy.

Quotations

1897
There were a few losses among dogies, but these represent an infinitesimal fraction of one per cent. of the entire number of cattle in the district.
1963
Under normal weather conditions the cowboys find the dogies sunning themselves in the clearings at fall round-up time and have little difficulty finding them.
2n.

of cattle, a young animal acquired to build up a new herd; a stocker.

Quotations

1897
Owners of dogie cattle--stockers--who have brought their bands through the winter of 1896-7 with any degree of success need not fear that their business will not prove a successful one.
1952
About 1890 some of the ranchers decided upon a policy of importing young cattle of the stocker order, called "dogies" or "barnyard cattle."