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There is an enemy of religion here, who […] keeps a public house, and also a "doggery." […] By his "doggery," he keeps around him a gang of ten or fifteen of the most abandoned persons, whom he employs as assistants in carrying out his nefarious schemes. When intoxicated, he is most abusive; […]
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1829. Atwater Remarks Made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien.... Page 59 in context of mixed race community at of Am. Fur Co. station at Keokuck, Iowa: "their lights on the rapids, in a dark night, were darting about, appearing and disappearing like so many fire flies; the constant roaring of the waters on the rapids, the occasional Indian yell, the lights of their fires on the shore, and the boisterous mirth of the people at the doggery, attracted my attention occasionally, while we were lying here." and at Galena in lead region p.192 "Mr Gratiot has a large lead furnace here; and there is a store of dry goods, but no doggery in the village."
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"There's a lot of 'doggery' about this business," my informant added musingly.
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Then it is all doggery and devilry and there is no God and no mercy.
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