"dog and bone" meaning in All languages combined

See dog and bone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dog and bones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dog and bone (plural dog and bones)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang, Australian rhyming slang) A telephone. Tags: Australian, Cockney, slang Categories (topical): Telephony

Inflected forms

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