bulldogs

Teams with the nickname "bulldogs" have reached the tournament 68 times and made it to five Final Fours.

Fetching Data on Top Dogs in Westminster, NCAA 2012

I believe that this family of bulldogs is just going on (and this according to public opinion in England) until however fast the smash-and-grab raider may run down the street in his effort either to smash and grab another shop, or to escape around the corner from the consequences of his last smash-and-grab, they-the bulldogs-are able to leap up and catch and hold on to the seat of that man's pants.

The British Council 1939

One of the bulldogs was a really magnificent creature of the famous Stone strain, whose only fault seemed to be a club-foot.

Jan A Dog and a Romance 1912

In this manner Morgan, assisted by two small guns, called bulldogs, attacked the Yankees with success in towns, forts, stockades, and steamboats; and by the same system, Wheeler and Wharton kept a large pursuing army in check for twenty-seven days, retreating and fighting every day, and deluding the enemy with the idea that they were being resisted by a strong force composed of all three branches of the service.

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

Darwin, by coming up with an alternative explanation for the Creation of life, brought upon his head the full fury of the established Church from which only his loyal friends, Darwin's "bulldogs," saved him.

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On receiving three or four hours 'notice from the Rector, the Promotor, with a staff of servants, perambulated the streets at night, and he and his "bulldogs" received a fine from anyone whom they apprehended.

Life in the Medieval University Robert S. Rait

Such jolly fellows they were -- and I am only too glad to find that the "bulldogs" are as thoroughly nice as the chaps we have down here.

Perfect Behavior; a guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises Donald Ogden Stewart 1937

Such jolly fellows they were -- and I am only too glad to find that the "bulldogs" are as thoroughly nice as the chaps we have down here.

Perfect Behavior 1922

The day was one of the most trying ones of the trip, and the men, with faces and hands swollen and bleeding from the attacks of not only the small black flies, which were particularly bad, but also the swarms of "bulldogs," complained bitterly of the hardships.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901

The "bulldogs" or "stouts," as they are sometimes called, which are as big as bumblebees, are very vicious, and follow the poor caribou in swarms.

The Long Labrador Trail Dillon Wallace 1901