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View synonyms for dog's age

dog's age

noun

, Northern U.S.
  1. quite a long time:

    I haven't seen you in a dog's age!



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dog's age1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Idioms and Phrases

see under coon's age .
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Example Sentences

I venture that assertion boldly, without having the remotest notion of what constitutes a dogs age.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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