Sealyhamn.
/ˈsiːlɪəm/, U.S. /ˈsiliəm/ A small stocky white terrier, sometimes with markings of other colours, distinguished by a thick, rough coat, drooping ears, a small, erect tail, and a square, bearded muzzle. Also attributive.
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Irish terrier1798
Dandie Dinmont1851
Welsh terrier1857
Bedlington1867
Jack Russell1878
Airedale1880
Clydesdale1887
Border terrier1894
Manchester terrier1894
Sealyham1894
schnauzer1899
pinscher1906
Cairn terrier1910
Kerry blue terrier1922
Lakeland terrier1928
wheaten1943
Sydney silky1945
Manchester1971
Norfolk1971
wire1975
1894 R. B. Lee Hist. & Descr. Mod. Dogs: Terriers xvi. 386 There is a strain of terrier much talked about of late known as the Sealy Ham.
1907 R. Leighton New Bk. Dog xxix. 317/1 In another decade or so the neglected Sealy Ham Terrier,..and the almost forgotten Jack Russell strain, may have claimed a due recompense for their long neglect.
1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet xix. 250 You remember Jingo, the Sealyham.
1924 Westm. Gaz. 31 Oct. The handy little Sealyhams and Cairns.
1930 R. H. Mottram Europa's Beast x. 241 The Sealyham..merely slept.
1954 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Lorenz Man meets Dog viii. 79 A Sealyham's love of fun, and his fidelity to his master can prove a real moral support to a melancholy type of person.
1966 J. Betjeman High & Low 12 Where's Kathleen Stokes with her Sealyhams?
1979 R. Rendell Means of Evil 153 He emerged from the front door with two Sealyhams on a lead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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