| 单词 | toonie dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoonie dog In full toonie dog: = Shetland sheepdog n. at Shetland n. 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > Shetland sheepdog Shetland sheepdog1883 Shetland collie1904 toonie dog1910 Sheltie1911 Shetland1918 peerie1949 1910 J. A. Loggie in J. S. Turner Kennel Encycl. III. 1249 The ‘Shetland Sheep-dog’..was originally known as the ‘Shetland Collie’ or ‘Toonie Dog’..from the fact of its being used to drive the sheep off the township, croft, or what is known in Shetland as the ‘Toon’. 1958 O. Gwynne-Jones Shetland Sheepdog Handbk. i. 4 The ‘Toonie’ dogs (‘Toonies’ or Shetland Sheepdogs) are of great service to the farmer. 1971 F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 96 Shetland Sheepdog, Shetland Collie, Miniature Collie, Shetland, Sheltie, Toonie or Peerie—at some time or other the Sheltie has answered to all these names. < as lemmas |
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