And in that town a dog was found,

As many dogs there be,

Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound,

And curs of low degree.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.

Talks as familiarly of roaring lions

As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.