Meanings
- humorousAnyone, referring to a canine.
Now I’m going to tell you young whelps something I have never told anydog else.
2010, Tom Lewis, Short Tales and Tall: Selected Short Stories, page 1162 more examples
I'm not sure if any dog out there will ever receive this transmission, and they certainly won't be able to reply, but after 50 years stuck alone in a tiny capsule, this dog just wants to talk to somedog, anydog, to speak in my own language after years of listening to all this human prattle.
2011, Benjamin Osipov, “The Testimony of Laika”, in Pamela Kearney, editor, The Ends of the Earth, page 180Anydog who's anydog has been invited to the premiere of Fenton’s film, but our star seems to be shunning the red carpet treatment.
2012, Stuart Cooper, Find Fenton, page 6
Origin
From any + dog, by analogy with anyone.
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