Trying to find a definition

Posted by Brigitte Engelfried on November 05, 2000

Hello!
Chesterton's 'The Oracle of the Dog' begins this way:
"Yes," said Father brown, "I always like a dog, so long as he isn't spelt backwards."
Is 'to be spelt backwards' and idiom?
Thank you very much
Brigitte

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