Put your dukes up

I imagined that was what this tiny jumper was thinking when I pointed the camera at him this evening before taking the hounds out for a run.  Now did you know this:

Etymologists think this is probably how we got the word dukes used to refer to fists, as in "put up your dukes." Fork was slang for "hand" or "fist," and the phrase "dukes of York" was created as rhyming slang for "fork." So, instead of telling someone to "put up your forks," you might say "put up your dukes of York!"  Eventually, this was shortened to "put up your dukes."

I am so woefully behind in commenting and browsing I haven't checked if there was a theme for this weeks Tiny Tuesday.  Thanks again to WRPerry for hosting this month.  Thanks for dropping in.  3 sleeps.  The bag is just about packed.