on dead dogs

English

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Adverb

on dead dogs (not comparable)

  1. (US, slang) Used to express that the speaker is telling the truth.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Mark David, Bucktown, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 9:
      "[...] swear, on dead dogs." "Well i'ma tell you this and all your dead dogs, if you try and lead us into some shit, I don't care what happens, you're gonna be the first one laid down, you heard?" Dip told him. "Yeah I heard […]"
    • 2019 November 1, Tyrone Neal, Bully Me to Sleep, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:
      "Yo, her ass is sick, bro, I always wanted that." Jordan said, "On dead dogs, though, I heard she be fucking with that nigga Donnie. He be tricking on her, buying all kinds of shit, giving her money, all that."
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