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Copper Dog

A copper dog is a device that was traditionally used to smuggle whisky out of bonded warehouse. In its simplest form it consists of a short length of copper tube closed at one end with a pre-decimalisation British penny and at the other with a cork. With a piece of strong or light chain attached, the dog was ready to be dipped into a cask of maturing whisky, hidden down a trouser leg and quietly liberated.