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I had planned to eat a light supper and then to fall dog-weary into bed.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

“Sure there’s nought to weep for this even, without thou art so dog-weary that thou canst not keep them back.”

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

O master, master I have watch'd so long     That I am dog-weary; but at last I spied     An ancient angel coming down the hill     Will serve the turn.

From The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, William

O master, master, have watch'd so long     That I am dog-weary; but at last I spied     An ancient angel coming down the hill     Will serve the turn.

From The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, William

The latter were dog-weary, dusty and travel-stained—they had evidently done some forced marching.

From Field Hospital and Flying Column Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium & Russia by Thurstan, Violetta




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