Phrases & SayingsEveryday lifeRhyming slang
dog’s eye
A meat pie, in Australian rhyming slang.
In a sentence
He ordered a dog’s eye with sauce for lunch.
Where it came from
Dog's eye = pie is a well-established Australian rhyming-slang expression.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established