dog's age

noun Northern U.S.
quite a long time: I haven't seen you in a dog's age!

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism

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dog's age

see under coon's age.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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