subs. (common).—A mixture of gin and beer.—See DRINKS.
1819. J. H. VAUX, A Vocabulary of the Flash Language, s.v.
1836. DICKENS, Pickwick Papers, ch. xxxiii., p. 285. DOG’S NOSE … your committee find upon enquiry, to be compounded of warm porter, moist sugar, gin, and nutmeg.
1861. T. HUGHES, Tom Brown at Oxford, ch. xl. Ah! that’s not bad tipple after such a ducking as we’ve had. DOG’S NOSE, isn’t it?
