单词 | sleeve dog |
释义 | > as lemmassleeve dog sleeve dog n. a very small Pekinese dog, usually under six pounds in weight. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > toy > Pekingese sleeve dog1890 Pekinese1902 Peking spaniel1910 Pekie1920 sleeve Pekinese1949 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Feb. 5/1 The quaint little Japanese terriers, called in their native island sleeve dogs, because the ladies there carry them hidden in their sleeves. 1931 A. C. Dixey Lion Dog of Peking iv. 12 They were petted and pampered, the smallest—the highly-prized ‘sleeve’ dogs—being carried in the voluminous sleeves of the long robes worn at Court by both sexes. 1970 P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 27. 7 The toy or small breeds such as the Pekinese and Shih Tzu had been the sleeve dogs of women at the Imperial Court of China. < as lemmas |
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