单词 | sleuth-dog |
释义 | > as lemmassleuth-dog General attributive, as sleuth-dog, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > used to track people sleuth-dog1802 police dog1836 negro dog1845 nigger dog1877 tracker dog1962 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 96 Bot this sloth brache [v.r. sluth ratche]..On Wallace fute folowit so felloune fast. 1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. 190 Lang Aicky..Wi' his sleuth dog sits in his watch right sure. 1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. vi. 120 The sleuth-dog, which, eager, fierce, and clamorous in pursuit of his prey, desists from it so soon as blood is sprinkled upon his path. < as lemmas |
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