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  1. n. English name for a breed of dog called German shepherd until the first World War, changed at that time due to anti-German sentiment. Still commonly used in Britain.

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  • “That's their proper name and I slieve the Kennel Club have brought it in When they were brought here from armany after the First World War there was a It of anti-German feeling -- hence we used the iphemism "alsatian".”

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  • “Official accounts blame a large alsatian dog, which broke into his compound, but the word among fans is that the goat was poisoned.”

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  • “I would have done but a bloke came out of the cottage with a bloody great alsatian straining at its lead.”

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  • “When I was a child, our family dentist had a great big alsatian that used to sit in the corner of the surgery, growling mennacingly at the patients.”

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  • “I also remember that once when John was out doing some running training he was attacked by a large alsatian dog which chased after him.”

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  • “He steadied himself with one hand on the wall as he pissed, the extended duration made even less welcome by the whiffs of alsatian keech that kept wafting up and threatening to make him gag.”

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  • “You're like a West Highland terrier noising up an alsatian.”

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  • “Outside of pain, there can be fewer less desirable sensations than lukewarm alsatian jobbie squirming through the gaps around your little piggies.”

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  • “Quietly, he got up and crept to the landing, hearing a muffled yelp that sounded like his alsatian, Tebbit.”

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  • “Rebus raised half an eyebrow: having Lauderdale's support was a bit like locking yourself in with a starved alsatian ...”

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  • kewpid An alsatian a day keeps the muggers at bay. Dec 11, 2007
  • bilby GSD? I picked up a few gun-shot disfigurements back in the Prohibition days. And they thought a sawn-off in the sawdust joints was enough to stop this old walrus. Ha, they were wrong. Dec 11, 2007
  • sionnach I do have pastor aleman on one of my lists somewhere. Dec 11, 2007
  • chained_bear That may be because, in the United States, they're often called German shepherds. (I notice that WeirdNet is also confused.)

    I've even noticed a tendency in recent years to abbreviate "German shepherd" to "GSD," for "German shepherd dog." Dec 11, 2007
  • bilby Can't believe that alsatian is not on someone's dog list. And no, I am not doing a dog list. I abhor the blighters. Dec 11, 2007

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