Phrases & SayingsEveryday lifeRhyming slang
dog and bone
Telephone, in rhyming slang.
In a sentence
Give me a ring on the dog and bone tonight.
Where it came from
Dog and bone = phone is Cockney-origin rhyming slang with a substantial Australian life.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established