A dog’s house, from the Latin canis (a dog), Italian canile; but kennel (a gutter), from the Latin canna (a cane, whence canālis), our canal, channel, etc.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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