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Meaning: Ofevidence, not strong orcompelling; with very little orinsubstantialevidence.1899, G.W. Steevens,The Tragedy of Dreyfus, page89:If the evidence had been given at once, I should have said that it looked bad, perhaps, but wasnot enough to hang a dog on. But after five years of bitter faction?1933,James Hilton,Lost Horizon, published1973, page62:"So there we were, and probably you'll agree with me that all the evidence, so far, wasless than you'd hang a dog on."
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