"dog my cats" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: en-au-dog my cats.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj|head=dog my cats}} dog my cats
  1. (idiomatic) Used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dog_my_cats-en-intj-~B~FAOnn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "Why, dog my cats, they must a ben a house-full o' niggers in there every night for four weeks to a done all that work, Sister Phelps.",
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          "ref": "1906, O. Henry, The Four Million:",
          "text": "\"I began to feel sorry for Hubby, dog my cats if I didn't.\"",
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        {
          "text": "Buffalo Bill Cody: \"Dog my cats\" — Preston Sturgis, \"Annie Oakley\", 1935"
        },
        {
          "text": "Salesman: \"Well, dog my cats!\" — Moroni Olsen, \"Christmas in July\", 1940"
        },
        {
          "text": "Joe Ross: \"Dog my cats indeed\" — David Mamet, \"The Spanish Prisoner\", 1997"
        },
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          "text": "Marshall Eriksen: \"Well, dog my cats...\" — Jason Segel, \"How I Met Your Mother\", 2010"
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