"a cab [dog] runs in english and barks in slang" – the chapter title of vol. 4, bk. 8, ch. 4, les misérables. Éponine stops her father and the patron-minette gang from breaking-and-entering valjean’s house. “if you approach, i'll bark. I told you, i'm the dog, and i don't care a straw for you. ” — éponine’s warning to the ruffians. Date: 1890.
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