Definitions

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  • noun a wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham
  • noun a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred

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Examples

  • Then he would call his Sealyham and speak to him of the lady, asking if she were not wonderful and a sight for sore eyes.

    Anthony Lyveden Dornford Yates 1922

  • Sealyham Terrier: Oh we have some serious Michael Jordan tongue going with this entry.

    Westminster Dog Show 2012—Best in Show—as it happened 2012

  • Matthew Dennison is convinced that in abandoning the Sealyham and Dandie Dinmont we diminish our heritage.

    In this week's Spectator 2009

  • In abandoning the Sealyham and Dandie Dinmont, says Matthew Dennison, we diminish our heritage

    Dog days for British breeds 2009

  • The third inhabitant was a Sealyham terrier upon whom Cary Grant intriguingly bestowed his own old name: Archie Leach.

    Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009

  • This year, an American-owned, Canadian-bred Sealyham won Crufts, spurring increased interest in the minority breed.

    Dog days for British breeds 2009

  • Matthew Dennison is convinced that in abandoning the Sealyham and Dandie Dinmont we diminish our heritage.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • Matthew Dennison is convinced that in abandoning the Sealyham and Dandie Dinmont we diminish our heritage.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • The second and third placements, the Smooth Fox Terrier and the Sealyham, didn't do much for me, but I was very excited to see the Staffordshire Bull Terrier take fourth.

    Westminster, Day 1 (What if No One's Watching?) 2007

  • I know nothing about terriers except for growing up with a Scottie/Sealyham cross whom we considered a full-scale person.

    Book Review 2006

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