Animal.

Slang and its analogues. Past and Present. A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc. Compiled and edited by John S. Farmer. 1890.

ANIMAL, Subs. (American).—A new arrival at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Cf. , SNOOKER.

TO GO THE WHOLE ANIMAL (American).- A variant of ‘to go the whole hog.’ In the West Indies it is varied by ‘to go the whole dog.’- See HOG.

1838. C. DICKENS, Nicholas Nickleby, p…. Opposing all half measures, and preferring TO GO THE EXTREME ANIMAL.

1859. G. A. SALA, Twice Round the Clock , p . 62. . . . that they had much better pay first-class, and GO THE ENTIRE ANIMAL.