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What does the term "three dog night" mean?,other than the name of the band obviously.?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    "Three dog night" refers to a very cold night. In the old days, people slept with their dogs to keep warm. A three-dog night was particularly cold because it took three dogs to keep warm.

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  • biro
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    5 years ago

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  • 6 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It means a very cold night. People used to let the dogs sleep in bed with them in order to stay warm on cold winter nights. "Looks like its going to be a three dog night" means that it is going to be very cold.

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  • 5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    They got the name from an expression that means a really bitter cold night that is so cold that you would need three dogs sleeping next to you to stay warm!

  • 5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Okay already, you heard about fourteen times about the ---dogs to bed in very bad cold weather thing--------But-----no one to this point has pointed out that the band you're speaking of was formed at the absolute height of the Cold War and bands of that era were especially sensative to the world circumstance both in their personal lives as well as within their careers---- the name came as a reference to the Hard Cold that the world was experiencing with the Cold War !!!

  • 1 decade ago

    It means it is really cold. The dogs would get into bed on cold nights and the body heat would keep everyone warm.

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    5 years ago

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